Sirach 35:17–18

¹⁷The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds:

And till it come nigh, he will not be comforted;

And ^vwill not depart, till the most High shall behold

To judge righteously, and execute judgment.

¹⁸For ^wthe Lord will not be slack,

Neither will the Mighty ^xbe patient towards them,

Till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful,

And repaid vengeance to the heathen;

Till he have taken away the multitude of the proud,

And broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;