Wisdom of Solomon 5:1-5
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5 Then the righteous will stand with great confidence
in the presence of those who have oppressed them
and those who make light of their labors.(A)
2 When the unrighteous[a] see them, they will be shaken with dreadful fear,
and they will be amazed at the unexpected salvation of the righteous.(B)
3 They will speak to one another in repentance,
and in anguish of spirit they will groan,(C)
4 “These are persons whom we once held in derision
and made a byword of reproach—fools that we were!
We thought that their lives were madness
and that their end was without honor.(D)
5 Why have they been numbered among the children of God?
And why is their lot among the holy ones?
Footnotes
- 5.2 Gk they
Wisdom of Solomon 5:14-16
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14 Because the hope of the ungodly is like thistledown[a] carried by the wind
and like a light frost[b] driven away by a storm;
it is dispersed like smoke before the wind,
and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but a day.(A)
The Reward of the Righteous
15 But the righteous live forever,
and their reward is with the Lord;
the Most High takes care of them.(B)
16 Therefore they will receive a glorious crown
and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord,
because with his right hand he will cover them,
and with his arm he will shield them.(C)
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