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;
12. She preserved him from foes,and secured him against ambush,And she gave him the prize for his hard strugglethat he might know that devotion to God is mightier than all else.
13. She did not abandon a righteous man when he was sold,but rescued him from sin.
14. She went down with him into the dungeon,and did not desert him in his bonds,Until she brought him the scepter of royaltyand authority over his oppressors,Proved false those who had defamed him,and gave him eternal glory.
15. The holy people and their blameless descendants—it was shewho rescued them from the nation that oppressed them.