Wisdom of Solomon 2

2:1

For they said within themselves, with unsound reasoning,

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2:2

Because we were born by mere chance,

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2:3

which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes,

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2:4

Our name will be forgotten in time.

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2:5

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow,

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2:6

“Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist.

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2:7

Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes,

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2:8

Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

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2:9

Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry.

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2:10

Let’s oppress the righteous poor.

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2:11

But let our strength be a law of righteousness;

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2:12

But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man,

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2:13

He professes to have knowledge of God,

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2:14

He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.

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2:15

He is grievous to us even to look at,

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2:16

We were regarded by him as something worthless,

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2:17

Let’s see if his words are true.

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2:18

For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him,

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2:19

Let’s test him with insult and torture,

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2:20

Let’s condemn him to a shameful death,

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2:21

Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray;

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2:22

and they didn’t know the mysteries of God,

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2:23

Because God created man for incorruption,

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2:24

but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil,

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