Baruch 2:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:

¹⁸ But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.

¹⁹ For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God: