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22 Indeed, before you, the whole world is like a speck that tips the scales,
    or like a drop of morning dew that falls on the ground.
23 Yet you are merciful to all, for you can do all things,
    and you overlook men’s sins so that they may repent.
24 For you love everything that exists
    and abhor nothing that you have created,
    since you would not have fashioned anything that you hated.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 11:24 This verse is simply the explanation of the refrain found in Genesis (Gen 1:10): “And God saw that it was good.” The existence of the world proves God’s goodness.