Wisdom 6:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Since as servants of his kingdom you neither ruled justly,
    nor kept his law,
    nor walked in the paths designated by the will of God,
⁵ he will move against you terribly and swiftly,
    for stern is the judgment decreed against the high and the mighty.^[a]
6 The lowly will be pardoned through mercy,
    but the mighty will be tested with rigor.