Category Archives: Wisdom of Solomon

1 She prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet. 2 They journeyed through a desert without inhabitant, And in trackless regions they pitched their tents. 3 They withstood enemies, andrepelled foes. 4 They thirsted, and they called upon you, And there was given them water out oftheflinty rock, And healing of their […]

1 For your incorruptible spirit is in all things. 2 Wherefore you convictest by little and little them thatfall from the right way, And, putting them in remembrance by theverythings wherein they sin, do you admonish them, That escaping from their wickedness they may believe on you, O Lord. 3 For verily the old inhabitants […]

1 For verily all men by naturewere butvain who had no perception of God, And from the good things that are seen they gained not power to know him that is, Neither by giving heed to the works did they recognize the artificer; 2 But either fire, or wind, or swift air, Orcircling stars, or […]

1 Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him; 2 For thatvesselthe hunger for gains devised, And an artificer,evenwisdom, built it; 3 And your providence, O Father, guideth it along, Because even in the sea you gave […]

1 But you, our God, are gracious and true, Longsuffering, and in mercy ordering all things. 2 For even if we sin, we are your, knowing your dominion; But we shall not sin, knowing that we have been accounted your: 3 For to be acquainted with you isperfect righteousness, And to know your dominion is […]

1 For this cause werethese menworthily punished throughcreatureslikethose which they worship, And tormented through a multitude of vermin. 2 Instead of which punishment, you, bestowing benefits on your people, Preparedst quails for food, Food ofrare taste, tosatisfythe desire oftheirappetite; 3 To the end thatyour enemies, desiring food, Might for the hideousness of thecreaturessent among them […]

1 For great are your judgements, and hard tointerpret; Therefore souls undisciplined went astray. 2 For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, They,themselves,prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, Close kept beneath their roofs, Lay exiled from the eternal providence. 3 For […]

1 But for your holy ones there was great light; Andthe Egyptians,hearing their voice but seeing not their form, Counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered, 2 Yet for that they do not hurt themnow,though wrongedby thembefore, they are thankful; And because they had been at variancewith them,they made supplicationto them. 3 […]

1 But upon the ungodly there came to the end indignation without mercy; For their future alsoGodforeknew, 2 How that, having changed their minds tolet your peoplego, And having speeded them eagerly on their way, They would repent themselves and pursue them. 3 For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning, And […]