Wisdom 17:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ Whether there came a whistling wind,
or a melodious sound of birds in wide-spreading branches,
or the rhythm of violently rushing water,
¹⁹ or the harsh crash of rocks hurled down,
or the unseen running of leaping animals,
or the sound of the most savage roaring beasts,
or an echo thrown back from a hollow of the mountains,
it paralysed them with terror.
²⁰ For the whole world was illumined with brilliant light,
and went about its work unhindered,