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Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet.
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They traveled through a desert without inhabitant,
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They withstood enemies and repelled foes.
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They thirsted, and they called upon you, and water was given to them out of the[a] flinty rock,
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For by what things their foes were punished,
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When enemies were troubled with clotted blood
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to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies,
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having shown by the thirst which they had suffered
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For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy,
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For you tested these as a father admonishing them;
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Yes and whether they were far off or near,
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for a double grief seized them,
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For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited,
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For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking.
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But in return for the senseless imaginings of their unrighteousness,
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that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
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For your all-powerful hand
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or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage,
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which had power not only to consume them by their violence,
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Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath,
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For to be greatly strong is yours at all times.
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Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance,
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But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things,
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For you love all things that are,
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How would anything have endured unless you had willed it?
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But you spare all things, because they are yours,