Wisdom 4:14-16

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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.

¹⁶ The righteous man who has died will condemn the ungodly who are living,
and youth that is quickly perfected^[a] will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous man.