Wisdom 12:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ For thy strength is the source of righteousness,
and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all.
¹⁷ For thou dost show thy strength when men doubt the completeness of thy power,
and dost rebuke any insolence among those who know it.^[a]
18 Thou who art sovereign in strength dost judge with mildness,
and with great forbearance thou dost govern us;
for thou hast power to act whenever thou dost choose.