Wisdom 18:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,

¹⁵ Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction.

¹⁶ With a sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned commandment, and he stood and filled all things with death, and standing on the earth reached even to heaven.