Wisdom 5:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
1 [a]Then shall the righteous one with great assurance confront(A)
his oppressors who set at nought his labors.(B)
2 Seeing this, the wicked shall be shaken with dreadful fear,
and be amazed at the unexpected salvation.
3 They shall say among themselves, rueful
and groaning through anguish of spirit:
“This is the one whom once we held as a laughingstock
and as a type for mockery,
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