2 Maccabees 6:16
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.
Greek · Brenton
Διόπερ οὐδέ ποτε μὲν τὸν ἔλεον αὐτοῦ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἀφίστησι· παιδεύων δὲ μετὰ συμφορᾶς, οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαόν.