11. For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins.
12. For who will say to you, "What have you done?" Or who will stand against your judgment? Or who will come before you as a defender of unfair men? Or who will accuse you, if the nations perish, which you have made?
13. For neither is there any other God but you, who has care of all, to whom you would show that you did not give judgment unjustly.
14. Neither will king or tyrant inquire before you about those whom you destroyed.
15. Therefore, since you are just, you order all things justly, considering it foreign to your virtue to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.
16. For your power is the beginning of justice, and, because you are Lord of all, you make yourself to be lenient to all.
17. For you reveal power to those who do not believe you to be perfect in power, and you expose the arrogance of those who do not know you.
18. Yet, you are the master of power, since you judge with tranquility, and since you administer us with great reverence; for it is close to you to be used whenever you will.
19. But you have taught your people, through such works, that they must be just and humane, and you have made your sons to be of good hope, because in judging you provide a place for repentance from sins.
20. For even if the enemies of your servants were deserving of death, you afflicted them with great attentiveness, providing a time and a place whereby they would be able to be changed from malice;
21. with what diligence, then, have you judged your sons, whose parents you have given oaths and covenants in good faith!
22. Therefore, while you give us discipline, you give our enemies a multiplicity of scourges, so that in judging we may think on your goodness, and when we are judged, we may hope for mercy.