Wisdom 3:1-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

3 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment will ever touch them.
² In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,
and their departure was thought to be an affliction,
³ and their going from us to be their destruction;
but they are at peace.
⁴ For though in the sight of men they were punished,
their hope is full of immortality.
⁵ Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,
because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;
⁶ like gold in the furnace he tried them,
and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.