Wisdom 4:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ The righteous who have died will condemn the ungodly who are living,
and youth that is quickly perfected^[a] will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous.
¹⁷ For they will see the end of the wise,
and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them,
and for what he kept them safe.
¹⁸ The unrighteous^[b] will see, and will have contempt for them,
but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
After this they will become dishonored corpses,
and an outrage among the dead forever;