New American Bible, Revised Edition

Wisdom 11:1-6 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. She prospered their affairs through the holy prophet.

2. They journeyed through the uninhabited desert,and in lonely places they pitched their tents;

3. they withstood enemies and warded off their foes.

4. When they thirsted, they called upon you,and water was given them from the sheer rock,a quenching of their thirst from the hard stone.

5. For by the things through which their foes were punishedthey in their need were benefited.

6. Instead of a river’s perennial source,troubled with impure blood