Wisdom 5:4-6

Revised Standard Version

⁴ “This is the man whom we once held in derision
and made a byword of reproach—we fools!
We thought that his life was madness
and that his end was without honor.
⁵ Why has he been numbered among the sons of God?
And why is his lot among the saints?
⁶ So it was we who strayed from the way of truth,
and the light of righteousness did not shine on us,
and the sun did not rise upon us.