Chapter — Douay-Rheims

Wisdom 5

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We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.

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Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.

10.

And as a ship that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found, nor the path of its keel in the waters:

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Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:

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Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:

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Such things as these the sinners said in hell:

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But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.

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Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.

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And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.

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He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:

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He will take equity for an invincible shield:

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Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.

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And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner.

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A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.