Wisdom 4:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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.
¹⁷ For they will see the end of the wise man,
and will not understand what the Lord purposed for him,
and for what he kept him safe.