Wisdom of Solomon 5
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1THen shal the righteous stand in great boldenes before the face of suche as haue tormented him, and taken away his labours. 2When thei se him, thei shalbe vexed with horrible feare, and shalbe amased for his wonderful deliuerance, 3And shal change their mindes, and sigh for grief of minde, and say within them selues, This is he whome we sometime had in derision, and in a parable of reproche. 4We fooles thoght his life madnes, and his end without honour. 5How is he counted among the children of God, and his porcion is among the Saintes! 6Therefore we haue erred from the waye of trueth, and the light of righteousnes hathe not shined vnto vs, and the sunne of vnderstanding rose not vpon vs. 7We haue wearied our selues in the waye of wickednes and destruction, and we haue gone through dangerous waies: but we haue not knowen the way of the Lord. 8What hathe pride profited vs? or what profite hathe the pompe of riches broght vs? 9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a poste that passeth by: 10As a shippe that passeth ouer the waues of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof can not be founde, nether the path of it in the floods: 11Or as a birde that fleeth thorowe in the aire, and no man can se anie token of her passage, but onely heare the noise of her wings, beating the light winde, parting the aire thorow the vehemencie of her going, & fleeth on shaking her wings, where as afterwarde no token of her way can be founde: 12Or as when an arrowe is shot at a marke, it parteth the aire, which immediatly cometh together againe, so that a man can not knowe where it went thorowe. 13Euen so we, assone as we were borne, we beganne to drawe to our end, and haue shewed no token of vertue, but are consumed in our owne wickednes. 14For the hope of the vngodlie is like the dust that is blowne away with the winde, and like a thinne fome that is scattered abroad with the storme, and as the smoke, which is dispersed with the winde, and as the remembrance of him passeth, that tarieth but for a day. 15But the righteous shal liue for euer: their rewarde also is with the Lord, & the moste High hathe care of them. 16Therefore shal they receiue a glorious kingdome, and a beautiful crowne of the Lords hand: for with his right hand shal he couer them, and with his arme shal he defende them. 17He shal take his ielousie for armour, & shal arme the creatures to be reuenged of the enemies. 18He shal put on righteousnes for a brestplate, and take true iudgement in stead of an helmet. 19He wil take holines for an inuincible shield. 20He wil sharpen his fierce wrath for a sworde, and the worlde shal fight with him against the vnwise. 21Then shal the thunder boltes go streight out of the lightnings, and shal flee to the marke as out of the bent bowe of the clouds, and out of his angre that throweth stones, shal thicke haile be cast, and the water of the sea shalbe wrothe against them, & the floods shal mightely ouerflowe. 22And a mightie winde shal stand vp against them, and like a storme shal scatter them abroad. Thus iniquitie shal bring all the earth to a wildernes, and wickednes shal ouerthrowe the thrones of the mightie.