4 to show that you alone can protect inexperienced travelers from danger.
5 By your wisdom you created the laws of nature, and so people trust even the smallest splinter of wood to bring them safely to land.
6-7 When this world was still young, you sent a flood to destroy giants, while at the same time you gave hope for a generation of good people by letting their ancestors find safety in a boat made of wood that God had blessed.
8 Idols are under your curse because those perishable things are called gods, and their makers are under your curse for having made them.
9 In fact, you hate evil people as much as you hate the evil they produce,
10 and you will equally punish evildoers together with their deeds.
11 You will destroy those horrible pagan idols, because they were made from part of your creation and have become a trap for foolish people.