4 The enemies of your people, who oppressed them like tyrants, were fated to experience a famine that never seemed to end. But all that was necessary for your people was to show them how their enemies were to be tortured.
5 Even when the terrible fury of beasts overwhelmed your people and they were perishing from the stings of coiled serpents, your anger didn’t last long.
6 They were terrified only for a little while as a warning, since they had the sign of their salvation as a reminder of the command of your Law.
7 Those who turned to that sign were saved not by what they saw but by you, the savior of all.
8 In this way, you persuaded our enemies that you are the only one who rescues people from every evil.
9 Our enemies died when they were bitten by locusts and flies. There was no healing that was able to keep them alive. They deserved to be punished by those insects.
10 Yet not even the fangs of poisonous snakes were able to overcome your children, because your mercy traveled along with them and healed them.