Sirach 35:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ And the Lord will act quickly. He will show no patience with wicked people. He will take vengeance by crushing the heathen. He will completely wipe out the merciless and the arrogant, and will destroy the authority of the wicked. ¹⁹ He will give each of us what our thoughts and actions deserve. Because of the Lord's mercy, his people will be happy when he has judged their case. ²⁰ In times of trouble his mercy is as welcome as rain after a long drought.