Wisdom 10

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 It was Wisdom who protected the first man to be fashioned, the father of the world, who had beencreated al alone, she it was who rescued him from his fal	1 She preseved him, that was first formed by God the father of the world, when he was created alone,
2 and gave him the strength to subjugate al things.	2 And she brought him out of his sin, and gave him power to govern all things.
3 But when in his wrath a wicked man deserted her, he perished in his fratricidal fury.	3 But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
4 When because of him the earth was drowned, it was Wisdom again who saved it, piloting the uprightman on valueless timber.	4 For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.
5 Again, when, concurring in wickedness, the nations had been thrown into confusion, she singled outthe upright man, preserved him blameless before God and fortified him 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 it was who, while the godless perished, saved the upright man as he fled from the fire rainingdown on the Five Cities,	6 She delivered the just man who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:
7 in witness against whose evil ways a desolate land still smokes, where plants bear fruit that neverripens and where, monument to an unbelieving soul, there stands a 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, by ignoring the path of Wisdom, not only did they suffer the loss of not knowing the good, but theyleft the world a memorial to their fol y, so that their offences could not pass unnoticed.	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 her servants from their ordeals.	9 But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her.
10 The upright man, fleeing from the anger of his brother, was led by her along straight paths. Sheshowed him the kingdom of God and taught him the knowledge of holy things. She brought him success in hislabours and gave him ful return for all his efforts;	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 she stood by him against grasping and oppressive men and she made him rich.	11 In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.
12 She preserved him from his enemies and saved him from the traps they set for him. In an arduousstruggle she awarded him the prize, to teach him that piety is stronger than al .	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 forsake the upright man when he was sold, but snatched him away 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 accompanied him down into the pit, nor did she abandon him in his chains until she had broughthim the sceptre of a kingdom and authority over his despotic masters, thus exposing as liars those who hadtraduced him, and giving him honour everlasting.	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 It was Wisdom who delivered a holy people, a blameless race, from a nation of oppressors.	15 She delivered the just people, and blameless seed from the nations that oppressed them.
16 She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood fearsome kings with wonders and signs.	16 She entered into the soul of the servant of God, and stood against dreadful kings in wonders and signs.
17 To the holy people she gave the wages of their labours; she guided them by a marvellous road,herself their shelter by day -- and their starlight through the 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 brought them across the Red Sea, leading them through an immensity of water,	18 And she brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them over through a great water.
19 whereas she drowned their enemies, then spat them out from the depths of the abyss.	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 So the upright despoiled the godless; Lord, they extol ed your holy name, and with one accordpraised your protecting hand;	20 And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand.
21 for Wisdom opened the mouths of the dumb and made eloquent the tongues of babes.	21 For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.