Wisdom of Solomon 16:5–7

⁵For when the terrible rage of wild animals came upon your people^h

and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents,

your wrath did not continue to the end;^*

⁶they were troubled for a little while as a warning

and received a symbol of deliverance to remind them of your law’s command.^*

⁷For the one who turned toward it was saved not by the thing that was beheld

but by you, the Savior of all.^*