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and fixed in their cast of mind; for they were a race accursed from the beginning. Nor was it from awe of anyone that you let their sins go unpunished. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 11)
For who is there to ask, 'What have you done?' Or who is there to disagree with your sentence? Who to arraign you for destroying nations which you have created? Who to confront you by championing the wicked? (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 12)
For there is no god, other than you, who cares for every one, to whom you have to prove that your sentences have been just. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 13)
No more could any king or despot challenge you over those whom you have punished. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 14)
For, being upright yourself, you rule the universe uprightly, and hold it as incompatible with your power to condemn anyone who has not deserved to be punished. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 15)
For your strength is the basis of your saving justice, and your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 16)
But you, controlling your strength, are mild in judgement, and govern us with great lenience, for you have only to will, and your power is there. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 18)
For, if with such care and indulgence you have punished your children's enemies, though doomed to death, and have given them time and place to be rid of their wickedness, (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 20)
with what exact attention have you not judged your children, to whose ancestors, by oaths and covenants, you made such generous promises? (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 21)
Thus, you instruct us, when you punish our enemies in moderation, that we should reflect on your kindness when we judge, and, when we are judged, we should look for mercy. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 22)
And this is why people leading foolish and wicked lives were tortured by you with their own abominations; (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 23)
for they had strayed too far on the paths of error by taking the vilest and most despicable of animals for gods, being deluded like silly little children. (Wisdom of Solomon 12, 24)
