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824 Book of Wisdom

the calamity, shewing that he was thy servant. fashioned again as from the beginning, obeying
22 And he overcame the disturbance, not by thy commandments, that thy children might be
strength of body nor with force of arms, but with kept without hurt.
a word he subdued him that punished them, al- 7 For a cloud overshadowed their camps and
leging the oath and covenant made with the fa- where water was before, dry land appeared, and
thers. in the Red Sea a way without hindrance, and out
23 For when they were now fallen down dead of the great deep a springing field:
by heaps one upon another, he stood between 8 Through which all the nation passed which
and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to was protected with thy hand, seeing thy miracles
the living. and wonders.
24 For in the priestly robe which he wore, was 9 For they fed on their food like horses, and
the whole world: and in the four rows of the they skipped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord,
stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and who hadst delivered them.
thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his 10 For they were yet mindful of those things
head. which had been done in the time of their sojourn-
26 And to these the destroyer gave place, and ing, how the ground brought forth flies instead
was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude
was enough. of frogs instead of fishes.
11 And at length they saw a new generation
of birds, when being led by their appetite, they
Chapter 19 asked for delicate meats.
12 For to satisfy their desire, the quail came
But as to the wicked, even to the end there came up to them from the sea: and punishments came
upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew upon the sinners, not without foregoing signs by
before also what they would do: the force of thunders: for they suffered justly
2 For when they had given them leave to de- according to their own wickedness.
part and had sent them away with great care, 13 For they exercised a more detestable in-
they repented and pursued after them. hospitality than any: others indeed received not
3 For whilst they were yet mourning, and strangers unknown to them, but these brought
lamenting at the graves of the dead, they took their guests into bondage that had deserved well
up another foolish device: and pursued them as of them.
fugitives whom they had pressed to be gone: 14 And not only so, but in another respect also
4 For a necessity, of which they were worthy, they were worse: for the others against their will
brought them to this end: and they lost the re- received the strangers.
membrance of those things which had happened, 15 But these grievously afflicted them whom
that their punishment might fill up what was they had received with joy, and who lived under
wanting to their torments: the same laws.
5 And that thy people might wonderfully pass 16 But they were struck with blindness: as
through, but they might find a new death. those others were at the doors of the just man,
6 For every creature, according to its kind was when they were covered with sudden darkness,