Wisdom 12:21-23

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²¹ with what strictness thou hast judged thy sons,
to whose fathers thou gavest oaths and covenants full of good promises!
²² So while chastening us thou scourgest our enemies ten thousand times more,
so that we may meditate upon thy goodness when we judge,
and when we are judged we may expect mercy.

²³ Therefore those who in folly of life lived unrighteously
thou didst torment through their own abominations.