1 She preserved the first-formed father of the worldwhen he alone had been created;And she raised him up from his fall,
2 and gave him power to rule all things.
3 But when an unrighteous man withdrew from her in his anger,he perished through his fratricidal wrath.
4 When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it,piloting the righteous man on frailest wood.
5 She, when the nations were sunk in universal wickedness,knew the righteous man, kept him blameless before God,and preserved him resolute against pity for his child.
6 She rescued a righteous man from among the wicked who were being destroyed,when he fled as fire descended upon the Pentapolis—
7 Where as a testimony to its wickedness,even yet there remain a smoking desert,Plants bearing fruit that never ripens,and the tomb of a disbelieving soul, a standing pillar of salt.