Wisdom 16:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁵ For when the terrible rage of wild animals came upon your people^[a]
and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents,
your wrath did not continue to the end;
⁶ they were troubled for a little while as a warning,
and received a symbol of deliverance to remind them of your law’s command.