Wisdom 11:22-12:2

Good News Translation

²² In your sight the whole world is a grain of sand, barely heavy enough to tip a pair of scales, a drop of dew on the ground in the morning. ²³ You are powerful enough to do anything, but you are merciful to everyone; you overlook our sins and give us time to repent. ²⁴ You love everything that exists; you do not despise anything that you have made. If you had not liked it, you would not have made it in the first place. ²⁵ How could anything last, if you did not want it to? How could it endure, if you had not created it? ²⁶ You have allowed it all to exist, O Lord, because it is yours, and you love every living thing.

12 Your immortal spirit is in every one of them, ² and so you gently correct those who sin against you. You remind them of what they are doing, and warn them about it, so that they may abandon their evil ways and put their trust in you, Lord.