1. Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, And delivered him out of his own transgression,
2. And gave him strength to get dominion over all things.
3. But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger, He perished himself in the rage wherewith he killed his brother.
4. And when for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, Wisdom again saved it, Guiding the righteous man’s course by a poor piece of wood.
5. Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded, Wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God, And kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.
6. While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom delivered a righteous man, When he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on Pentapolis.
7. To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesseth, And plants bearing fair fruit that comes not to ripeness; Yes and a disbelieving soul has a memorial there, a pillar of salt still standing.
8. For having passed wisdom by, Not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good, But they also left behind them for human life a monument of their folly; To the end that where they went astray they might fail even to be unseen:
9. But wisdom delivered out of troubles those that waited on her.