Wisdom of Solomon 16:5–7

⁵For when the terrible rage of wild beasts came upon thy people

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

thy wrath did not continue to the end;

⁶they were troubled for a little while as a warning,

and received a token of deliverance to remind them of thy law’s command.

⁷For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw,

but by thee, the Savior of all.