Wisdom 11:25-26

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵How would anything have endured if thou hadst not willed it?
Or how would anything not called forth by thee have been preserved?
²⁶Thou sparest all things, for they are thine, O Lord who lovest the living.^[a]

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Footnotes

11.26 Lord who lovest the living: Vulgate has “souls” for “living.” The Greek word could mean either.

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