Sirach 35:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²¹ The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds,
    and it will not rest until it reaches its goal;
it will not desist until the Most High responds
²²     and does justice to the righteous, and executes judgement.
Indeed, the Lord will not delay,
    and like a warrior^[a] will not be patient
until he crushes the loins of the unmerciful
²³     and repays vengeance on the nations;
until he destroys the multitude of the insolent,
    and breaks the sceptres of the unrighteous;