For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness will be declared, if you are merciful to those who have no store of good works.”
KJV
2 Esdras 8:36
For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and thy goodness shall be declared, if thou be merciful unto them which have not the confidence of good works.
Parallel Translations
For in this, ô Lord, thy righteousnes and thy goodnes shalbe praised, if thou be merciful vnto them, which haue not the substance of good workes.