Wisdom 16:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ For when the terrible rage of wild beasts came upon thy people^[a]
and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents,
thy wrath did not continue to the end;
⁶ they were troubled for a little while as a warning,
and received a token of deliverance to remind them of thy law’s command.
⁷ For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw,
but by thee, the Savior of all.