Chapter 15

¹ But thou, our God, art gracious and true,

Wis 15:1

² For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power:

Wis 15:2

³ For to know thee is perfect righteousness:

Wis 15:3

⁴ For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us,

Wis 15:4

⁵ The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it,

Wis 15:5

⁶ Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them,

Wis 15:6

⁷ For the potter, tempering soft earth,

Wis 15:7

⁸ And employing his labors lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay,

Wis 15:8

⁹ Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labor,

Wis 15:9

¹⁰ His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth,

Wis 15:10

¹¹ Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker,

Wis 15:11

¹² But they counted our life a pastime,

Wis 15:12

¹³ For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images,

Wis 15:13

¹⁴ And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection,

Wis 15:14

¹⁵ For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods:

Wis 15:15

¹⁶ For man made them,

Wis 15:16

¹⁷ For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands:

Wis 15:17

¹⁸ Yea, they worshiped those beasts also that are most hateful:

Wis 15:18

¹⁹ Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts:

Wis 15:19