Wisdom of Solomon 18:20–25

²⁰Yea, ^qthe tasting of death touched ^ethe righteous also, and ^fthere was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: ^fbut the wrath endured not long. ²¹For then ^gthe blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing ⁱthe shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and ^hthe propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant. ²²So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of ⁱarms, but with a word subdued he him that punished, ^kalleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers. ²³For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, ^lstanding between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living. ²⁴For ^min the long garment was the whole world, and ⁿin the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy majesty ^oupon the diadem of his head. ²⁵Unto these ^pthe destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for it was enough that they only ^qtasted of the wrath.

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