Wisdom of Solomon 19:19–22

¹⁹For land animals were transformed into water creatures,

and creatures that swim moved over to the land.

²⁰Fire even in water retained its normal power,

and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.

²¹Flames, on the contrary, failed to consume

the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them,

nor did they melt the crystalline, easily melted kind of heavenly food.

²²For in everything, O Lord, thou hast exalted and glorified thy people;

and thou hast not neglected to help them at all times and in all places.