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High above us, Lord, are thy judgements, mysterious thy dealings; no skill had those Egyptian hearts to understand them. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 1)
Did they hope, under that dark veil of oblivion, to find a cloak for secret sinning? Nay, they were scattered far apart, and in grievous dread of the terrors that came to daunt them. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 3)
A mockery, now, seemed those magic arts of theirs; ignominious the rebuff to their boasted cunning. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 7)
now monstrous apparitions came indeed to scare them, now it was but their own faint hearts made cowards of them; in a moment dismay was all about them, and took them unawares. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 14)
or the sudden crash of tumbling rocks, or the padding feet of beasts that gambolled past them unseen, or the howl of wild things ravening, or a booming echo from the mountain hollows, it was all one; it would startle them into a great quaking of fear. (Wisdom of Solomon 17, 18)
In secret they offered their sacrifice, children of a nobler race, all set apart; with one accord they ratified the divine covenant, which bound them to share the same blessings and the same perils; singing for prelude their ancestral hymns of praise. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 9)
Against those earlier plagues, sorcery had hardened their hearts; Israel they recognized for God’s children only when the first-born died. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 13)
never was sword so sharp, errand so unmistakable; thy word that could spread death everywhere, that trod earth, yet reached up to heaven. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 16)
how the very men who had allowed the Israelites to depart, nay, set them eagerly on their way, would soon repent of it and march out in pursuit.✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 2)
lighthearted as horse at pasture or frisking lamb, they chanted praises to thee, Lord, their rescuer. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 9)
Sand thou mayst count, or the rain-drops, or the days of the world’s abiding; heaven-height thou mayst measure, or the wide earth, or the depth of the world beneath, (Ecclesiasticus 1, 2)
comfort it brings to the heart, happiness and content and a long life bestows; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 12)
