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For the urge for profits devised this latter,
    and Wisdom the artisan produced it.

[a]But your providence, O Father! guides it,
    for you have furnished even in the sea a road,
    and through the waves a steady path,(A)
Showing that you can save from any danger,
    so that even one without skill may embark.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:3–6 The wooden ship mentioned in vv. 1–2 prompts a short meditation on the providence of God, who in fact has watched over boats in their dangerous courses. The wood as described in v. 7 became a favorite patristic type for the wood of the cross.