4 For inexorable want had to come upon those oppressors;but these needed only to be shown how their enemies were being tormented.
5 For when the dire venom of beasts came upon themand they were dying from the bite of crooked serpents,your anger endured not to the end.
6 But as a warning, for a short time they were terrorized,though they had a sign of salvation, to remind them of the precept of your law.
7 For the one who turned toward it was saved,not by what was seen,but by you, the savior of all.
8 By this also you convinced our foesthat you are the one who delivers from all evil.
9 For the bites of locusts and of flies slew them,and no remedy was found to save their livesbecause they deserved to be punished by such means;
10 But not even the fangs of poisonous reptiles overcame your children,for your mercy came forth and healed them.