Wisdom of Solomon 16:5–7

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

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.