Wisdom of Solomon 17:9-11

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⁹ For even if nothing disturbing frightened them,
yet, scared by the passing of wild animals and the hissing of snakes^(A)
10 they perished in trembling fear,
refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided.
¹¹ For wickedness is a cowardly thing, condemned by its own testimony;^[a]
distressed by conscience, it has always exaggerated^[b] the difficulties.^(B)