5
It is thy will that works of thy wisdom should not be without effect; therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land.
6
For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
7
For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.
8
But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it; because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god.
9
For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.