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Though hunger drove them to food, the men of Egypt turned away with loathing from the necessaries they craved, so foul the sight of the frogs that came to punish them. Thy own people should go wanting for a little, only so as to prepare them for the dainties that would follow. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 3)
And thy own people, Lord? Them thou didst foster with the food of angels; bread from heaven thou didst set before them, which no labour of theirs had made ready, every taste uniting that could bring content, of every appetite the welcome choice. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 20)
Brightest of all, that light shone on thy chosen people. These neighbours of theirs, heard but not seen, the Egyptians must congratulate on their escape from the common doom, (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 1)
A welcome gift it was to thy people, rescue for the just, and doom for their persecutors; (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 7)
There was a time, too, when God’s own people tasted the bitterness of death; out there in the desert a plague fell upon the common folk; but not for long this vengeance lasted. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 20)
In awe of these shrank the destroying angel away; for thy own people, some taste of thy vengeance should be enough. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 25)
For thy people, a strange sea-faring; for those others, an unexampled manner of death! (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 5)
then fire, in its turn, could not waste the frail flesh of living creatures that traversed it, nor melt that heavenly food that melted easily as ice. No means wouldst thou neglect, Lord, to magnify thy people and win them renown; never wouldst thou leave them unregarded, but always and everywhere camest to their side.✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 20)
Wouldst thou be wise, the first step is fear of the Lord; to his chosen servants, a gift connatural from the womb; it goes with holy motherhood, and where his true worshippers are, shews manifest. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 16)
Firm let thy feet be set on the path the Lord has chosen for thee; be true to thy own thought and to the knowledge thou hast, and ever let the counsels of peace and justice guide thee on thy way. (Ecclesiasticus 5, 12)
By skilful handiwork the artist is known, the ruler of a people by the prudence of his counsel, the good sense of the aged by their word spoken. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 24)
Royal folly is a people’s ruin; where prudence reigns, there cities thrive most. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 3)
