Wisdom of Solomon 12:21-23

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²¹ with what strictness you have judged your children,^[a]
to whose ancestors you gave oaths and covenants full of good promises!^(A)
22 So while chastening us you scourge our enemies ten thousand times more,
so that when we judge we may meditate upon your goodness,
and when we are judged we may expect mercy.^(B)

²³ Therefore those who lived unrighteously, in a life of folly,
you tormented through their own abominations.^(C)