⁵For when the terrible rage of wild beasts came upon your people
and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents,
thy wrath did not continue to the end;
⁶they were troubled for a little while as a warning,
and received a token of deliverance to remind them of your law's command.
⁷For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw,
but by you, the Saviour of all.
⁸And by this also thouconvince our enemies
that it is you who deliver from every evil.
⁹For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies,
and no healing was found for them,
because they deserved to be punished by such things;
¹⁰but your sons were not conquered even by the teeth of venomous serpents,
for your mercy came to their help and healed them.
¹¹To remind them of your oracles they were bitten,
and then were quickly delivered,
lest they should fall into deep forgetfulness and become unresponsive to your kindness.
¹²For neither herb nor poultice cured them,
but it was your word, O Lord, which heals all men.
¹³For you have power over life and death;
you lead men down to the gates of Hades and back again.
¹⁴A man in his wickedness kills another,
but he cannot bring back the departed spirit,
nor set free the imprisoned soul.

Distastrous storms hit Egypt.  Wis.16.15-19

¹⁵To escape from your hand is impossible;
¹⁶for the ungodly, refusing to know you,
were scourged by the strength of your arm,
pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms,
and utterly consumed by fire.
¹⁷For - most incredible of all - in the water,
which quenches all things,
the fire had still greater effect,
for the universe defends the righteous.
¹⁸At one time the flame was restrained,
so that it might not consume the creatures sent against the ungodly,
but that seeing this they might know that they were being pursued by the judgment of God;
¹⁹and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire,
to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.

Manna.  Wis.16.20-29

²⁰Instead of these things you gave your people food of angels,
and without their toil you suppled them from heaven with bread ready to eat,
providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
²¹For your sustenance manifested your sweetness toward your children;
and the bread, ministering to the desire of the one who took it,
was changed to suit every one's liking.
²²Snow and ice withstood fire without melting,
so that they might know that the crops of their enemies were being destroyed by the fire that blazed in the hail and flashed in the showers of rain;
²³whereas the fire, in order that the righteous might be fed,
even forgot its native power.

²⁴For creation, serving you who have made it,
exerts itself to punish the unrighteous,
and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in you.
²⁵Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms,
it served your all-nourishing bounty,
according to the desire of those who had need,
²⁶so that your sons, whom you loved, O Lord,
might learn that it is not the production of crops that feeds man,
but that your word preserves those who trust in you.
²⁷For what was not destroyed by fire was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,
²⁸to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give you thanks,
and must pray to you at the dawning of the light;
²⁹for the hope of an ungrateful man will melt like wintry frost,
and flow away like waste water.