Sirach 2:17-18

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁷ They that dread the Lord, shall make ready [or shall prepare] their hearts, and shall hallow their souls in his sight. They that dread the Lord, shall keep his commandments, and they shall have patience till to the beholding of him;

¹⁸ and shall say, If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. For by the greatness of him, so and his mercy is with him. The sons of wisdom be the church of just men, and the nation of them is obedience and love. [saying, If penance we shall not do, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. Forsooth after the muchliness of him, so and his mercy is with him. The sons of wisdom the church of rightwise men, and the nation of them obeisance and loving.]