Wisdom of Solomon 19:19–22

For creatures of dry land were turned into creatures of waters,

And creatures that swim trode now upon the earth:

Fire kept the mastery of its own power in the midst of water,

And water forgat its quenching nature:

Contrariwise, flames wasted not the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them;

Neither melted they the ice-like grains of ambrosial food, that were of nature apt to melt.

For in all things, O Lord, thou didst magnify thy people,

And thou didst glorify them and not lightly esteem them;

Standing by their side in every time and place.