2. and gave him power to rule all things.
3. But when an unrighteous man withdrew from her in his anger,he perished through his fratricidal wrath.
4. When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it,piloting the righteous man on frailest wood.
5. She, when the nations were sunk in universal wickedness,knew the righteous man, kept him blameless before God,and preserved him resolute against pity for his child.
6. She rescued a righteous man from among the wicked who were being destroyed,when he fled as fire descended upon the Pentapolis—
7. Where as a testimony to its wickedness,even yet there remain a smoking desert,Plants bearing fruit that never ripens,and the tomb of a disbelieving soul, a standing pillar of salt.
8. For those who forsook Wisdomnot only were deprived of knowledge of the good,But also left the world a memorial of their folly,so that they could not even be hidden in their fall.
9. But Wisdom rescued from tribulations those who served her.
10. She, when a righteous man fled from his brother’s anger,guided him in right ways,Showed him the kingdom of Godand gave him knowledge of holy things;She prospered him in his laborsand made abundant the fruit of his works,
11. Stood by him against the greed of his defrauders,and enriched him;