Wisdom 12:22-24

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² So while chastening us thou scourgest our enemies ten thousand times more,
so that we may meditate upon thy goodness when we judge,
and when we are judged we may expect mercy.

²³ Therefore those who in folly of life lived unrighteously
thou didst torment through their own abominations.
²⁴ For they went far astray on the paths of error,
accepting as gods those animals which even their enemies^[a] despised;
they were deceived like foolish babes.