5
And whereas they thought to kill the babes of the just, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away a multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.
6
For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage.
7
So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust.
8
For as thou didst punish the adversaries: so thou didst also encourage and glorify us.
9
For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.