Wisdom 11:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ For when they themselves were tested, although they were only chastised in mercy,
    they comprehended the torments of the godless who had been judged in anger.
¹⁰ You tested the former, admonishing them like a father,
    but the latter you sifted as a stern king does in condemnation.
¹¹ Whether far off or close by,^[a] they were afflicted alike,