Wisdom 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 She preserved the first-formed father of the world when he alone had been created; And she raised him up from his fall,	1 She preseved him, that was first formed by God the father of the world, when he was created alone,
2 and gave him power to rule all things.	2 And she brought him out of his sin, and gave him power to govern all things.
3 But when the unjust man withdrew from her in his anger, he perished through his fratricidal wrath.	3 But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
4 When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it, piloting the just man on frailest wood.	4 For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.
5 She, when the nations were sunk in universal wickedness, knew the just man, kept him blameless before God, and preserved him resolute against pity for his child.	5 Moreover when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.
6 She delivered the just man from among the wicked who were being destroyed, when he fled as fire descended upon Pentapolis--	6 She delivered the just man who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:
7 Where as a testimony to its wickedness, there yet remain a smoking desert, Plants bearing fruit that never ripens, and the tomb of a disbelieving soul, a standing pillar of salt.	7 Whose land for a testimony of their wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.
8 For those who forsook Wisdom first were bereft of knowledge of the right, And then they left mankind a memorial of their folly-- so that they could not even be hidden in their fall.	8 For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things, but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid.
9 But Wisdom delivered from tribulations those who served her.	9 But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her.
10 She, when the just man fled from his brother's anger, guided him in direct ways, Showed him the kingdom of God and gave him knowledge of holy things; She prospered him in his labors and made abundant the fruit of his works,	10 She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.
11 Stood by him against the greed of his defrauders, and enriched him;	11 In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.
12 She preserved him from foes, and secured him against ambush, And she gave him the prize for his stern struggle that he might know that devotion to God is mightier than all else.	12 She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.
13 She did not abandon the just man when he was sold, but delivered him from sin.	13 She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.
14 She went down with him into the dungeon, and did not desert him in his bonds, Until she brought him the scepter of royalty and authority over his oppressors, Showed those who had defamed him false, and gave him eternal glory.	14 And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.
15 The holy people and blameless race--it was she who delivered them from the nation that oppressed them.	15 She delivered the just people, and blameless seed from the nations that oppressed them.
16 She entered the soul of the LORD'S servant, and withstood fearsome kings with signs and portents;	16 She entered into the soul of the servant of God, and stood against dreadful kings in wonders and signs.
17 she gave the holy ones the recompense of their labors, Conducted them by a wondrous road, and became a shelter for them by day and a starry flame by night.	17 And she rendered to the just the wages of their labours, and conducted them in a wonderful way: and she was to them for a covert by day, and for the light of stars by night:
18 She took them across the Red Sea and brought them through the deep waters--	18 And she brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them over through a great water.
19 But their enemies she overwhelmed, and cast them up from the bottom of the depths.	19 But their enemies she drowned in the sea, and from the depth of hell she brought them out. Therefore the just took the spoils of the wicked.
20 Therefore the just despoiled the wicked; and they sang, O LORD, your holy name	20 And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand.
21 Because Wisdom opened the mouths of the dumb, and gave ready speech to infants.	21 For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.