14 1 Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves
calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship which carries him.
14 2 For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel,
and wisdom was the craftsman who built it;
14 3 but it is your providence, O Father, that steers its course,
because you have given it a path in the sea,
and a safe way through the waves,
14 4 showing that you can save from every danger,
so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea.
14 5 It is your will that works of your wisdom should not be without effect;
therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood,
and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land.
14 6 For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing,
the hope of the world took refuge on a raft,
and guided by your hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
14 7 For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.
14 8 But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it;
because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god.
14 9 For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness,
14 10 for what was done will be punished together with him who did it.
14 11 Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols,
because, though part of what God created,
they became an abomination,
and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish.