Wisdom 4:13-15

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³ Being perfected in a short time, he fulfilled long years;
¹⁴ for his soul was pleasing to the Lord,
therefore he took him quickly from the midst of wickedness.
¹⁵ Yet the peoples saw and did not understand,
nor take such a thing to heart,
that God’s grace and mercy are with his elect,
and he watches over his holy ones.