Wisdom of Solomon 14:1–4

1 Again, one preparing to sail, and to journey through raging waves,

Calls on a piece of wood less sound than the vessel that bears him;

2 For that vessel the hunger for gain devised,

And an artificer by his wisdom built it;

3 And thy providence, O Father, guideth it along,

Because even in the sea thou gavest a way,

And in the waves a sure path,

4 Showing that thou canst save out of every danger,

That so even without art a man may put to sea;