4 Maccabees 9:30-32

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁰ To the tyrant he said, ‘Do you not think, you most savage tyrant, that you are being tortured more than I, as you see the arrogant design of your tyranny being defeated by our endurance for the sake of religion? ³¹ I lighten my pain by the joys that come from virtue, ³² but you suffer torture by the threats that come from impiety. You will not escape, you most abominable tyrant, the judgements of the divine wrath.’