Wisdom 16:24-26

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁴ For creation, serving thee who hast made it,
exerts itself to punish the unrighteous,
and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in thee.
²⁵ Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms,
it served thy all-nourishing bounty,
according to the desire of those who had need,^[a]
26 so that thy sons, whom thou didst love, O Lord, might learn
that it is not the production of crops that feeds man,
but that thy word preserves those who trust in thee.