Your hand no one can escape.
For the wicked who refused to know you
were punished by the might of your arm,
Were pursued by unusual rains and hailstorms and unremitting downpours,
and were consumed by fire.
For against all expectation, in water which quenches everything,
the fire grew more active;
For the universe fights on behalf of the righteous.
Then the flame was tempered
so that the...
Wisdom of Solomon 16:15–29