Wisdom 16:28-29

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁸to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give thee thanks,
and must pray to thee at the dawning of the light;
²⁹for the hope of an ungrateful man will melt like wintry frost,
and flow away like waste water.

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