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Chapter 15

The Israelites, a People That Does Not Worship Idols[a]

But you, our God, are good and faithful,
    slow to anger, and showing mercy in governing the universe.
Even if we sin, we are yours, for we acknowledge your power;
    but we will not sin, for we know that we are yours.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 15:1 The author emphasizes that whatever their faults might be, the originality of the Jewish people lay in their acknowledgment of the true God, the God of goodness who lifts up and pardons. The contrast is striking in a world swarming with dead gods.