Wisdom 12:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

12 O how good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!

² And therefore thou chastisest them that err, by little and little: and admonishest them, and speakest to them, concerning the things wherein they offend: that leaving their wickedness, they may believe in thee, O Lord.

³ For those ancient inhabitants of thy holy land, whom thou didst abhor,