The Covenant Rendering
Wisdom of Solomon
Σοφία Σαλωμῶνος — Sophia Salōmōnos
Love justice, you who judge the earth. Think of the Lord with goodness, and seek him with …
For they reasoned unsoundly, saying among themselves: 'Short and sorrowful is our life, an…
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment of death shall touch…
How beautiful is the chaste generation with glory! For its memory is immortal, because it …
Then the righteous will stand with great boldness before those who afflicted them and made…
Wisdom is better than strength, and a prudent person is better than a mighty one.…
I too am a mortal, like everyone else, a descendant of the first-formed one who was made f…
She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and orders all things graciou…
O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who made all things by your word.…
She protected the first-formed father of the world, when he alone had been created.…
She prospered their works through the hand of a holy prophet.…
How good and gentle, O Lord, is your spirit in all things!…
For all people who are ignorant of God are foolish by nature; from the good things that ar…
Again, one preparing to sail, about to voyage over the raging waves, calls upon a piece of…
But you, our God, are gracious and true, patient, and governing all things in mercy.…
Therefore the Egyptians were deservedly punished through like creatures, and tormented by …
For great are your judgments, Lord, and your words beyond telling; therefore undisciplined…
But for your holy ones there was very great light. Their enemies heard their voices but co…
But upon the ungodly, wrath came without mercy to the very end; for God knew in advance wh…