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When his oppressors were covetous, she stood by him and made him rich.
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She protected him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those who lay in wait for him; in his arduous contest she gave him the victory, so that he might learn that godliness is more powerful than anything.
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When a righteous man was sold, wisdom did not desert him, but delivered him from sin. She descended with him into the dungeon,
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and when he was in prison she did not leave him, until she brought him the scepter of a kingdom and authority over his masters. Those who accused him she showed to be false, and she gave him everlasting honor.
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A holy people and blameless race wisdom delivered from a nation of oppressors.
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She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood dread kings with wonders and signs.
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She gave holy men the reward of their labors; she guided them along a marvelous way, and became a shelter to them by day, and a starry flame through the night.
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She brought them over the Red Sea, and led them through deep waters;
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but she drowned their enemies, and cast them up from the depth of the sea.
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Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; they sang hymns, O Lord, to thy holy name, and praised with one accord thy defending hand,
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because wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of babes speak clearly.