2 Esdras 8:26-28

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁶ O do not look on the sins of your people, but on those who serve you in truth. ²⁷ Do not take note of the endeavours of those who act wickedly, but of the endeavours of those who have kept your covenants amid afflictions. ²⁸ Do not think of those who have lived wickedly in your sight, but remember those who have willingly acknowledged that you are to be feared.