Wisdom 18:5-7

Common English Bible

Deliverance of the Israelites

⁵ So you swept away in judgment a huge number of the children of those who had sought to kill off your holy ones’ children (though one child, who was exposed to die, was saved!). You destroyed the rest by overwhelming them with water.

⁶ You had already alerted our fathers to that night well in advance. You did so in order that our fathers might rejoice and put their whole trust in the promises they had been given. ⁷ Your people fully expected that those who always do what is right would be delivered, while their enemies would be destroyed.