Wisdom 18:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ For while gentle silence enveloped all things,
and night in its swift course was now half gone,
¹⁵ your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne,
into the midst of the land that was doomed,
a stern warrior
¹⁶ carrying the sharp sword of your authentic command,
and stood and filled all things with death,
and touched heaven while standing on the earth.