Wisdom 18:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ That night had been made known beforehand^[a] to our ancestors,
    so that, with accurate knowledge of the promises in which they had put their confidence,
    they could be of good heart.
⁷ Your people thus awaited
    the salvation of the righteous and the destruction of their enemies.
⁸ For you employed the same means to punish our adversaries
    as you did to glorify us when you called us to yourself.