They journeyed through the uninhabited desert,
and in lonely places they pitched their tents;
they withstood enemies and warded off their foes.
When they thirsted, they called upon you,
and water was given them from the sheer rock,
a quenching of their thirst from the hard stone.
For by the things through which their foes were punished
they in their need were benefited.
Instead of a river’s perennial...
Wisdom of Solomon 11:2–19:4