Wisdom 18:19-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ for the dreams which disturbed them forewarned them of this,
so that they might not perish without knowing why they suffered.

²⁰ The experience of death touched also the righteous,
and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert,
but the wrath did not long continue.
²¹ For a blameless man was quick to act as their champion;
he brought forward the shield of his ministry,
prayer and propitiation by incense;
he withstood the anger and put an end to the disaster,
showing that he was thy servant.