Wisdom 16:24-29

24 For creation, serving thee who hast made it, exerts itself to punish the unrighteous, and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in thee.

25 Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms, it served thy all-nourishing bounty, according to the desire of those who had need,

26 so that thy sons, whom thou didst love, O Lord, might learn that it is not the production of crops that feeds man, but that thy word preserves those who trust in thee.

27 For what was not destroyed by fire was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,

28 to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give thee thanks, and must pray to thee at the dawning of the light;

29 for the hope of an ungrateful man will melt like wintry frost, and flow away like waste water.