“Then indeed the righteous will stand with great determination against their persecutors, who afflicted them here with undeserved punishments and reproached their labors as foolish; for, being raised by heavenly brightness, they will judge according to truth those who had previously condemned them unjustly. Therefore,…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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1Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
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— Wisdom of Solomon 5:1 —
2When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
3And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: