Wisdom of Solomon, chapter 16

16: 1-29 (Edgar Goodspeed translation)
Therefore these people were punished as they deserved through similar animals, and tormented with a multitude of animals/vermin. And instead of this punishment, You benefited Your people and to satisfy the desire of their appetite, you prepared something with a strange taste -- quails for food, so that those others, when they desired food, because of the hideousness of the things sent among them, should lose even the smallest appetite, while Your people, after being in want for a little while, should partake of something with a strange taste/delicacies. For it was necessary that an unescapable want should come upon those others for their tyrannical behavior, but these should only be shown how their enemies were tormented. For when the terrible fury of wild animals came upon Your people, and they were perishing by the bites of wriggling snakes (Numbers 21:6-9), Your wrath did not continue to the uttermost, but they were harassed for a little while to admonish them, for they had a token of preservation to remind them of the commandment of Your law; for the one who turned toward it was saved not because of what he saw, but because of You, who are the Presever/Savior of all.
And by this, You persuaded our enemies that You are the one who saves from every evil. For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies, and no cure/healng was found for their life, for they deserved to be punished by such means. But not even the teeth of venomous serpents could overcome Your children, for Your mercy came to help them and healed them. For it was to remind them of Your oracles that they were stung, and they were quickly delivered, to keep them from falling into deep forgetfulness and becoming sundered (unclear meaning) from your kindness. For it was no plant or plaster that cured them, but Your Word/Logos, Lord, that heals all men. For You have power over life and death, and You lead mortals down to the gates of Hades and bring them up again. A person may kill in his wickedness, but the spirit once it is gone out he cannot bring back, nor can he release the imprisoned soul. But it is impossible to escape Your hand, for ungodly men, refusing to know You, were flogged with the strength of Your arm, pursued by unusual rains and hailstorms and relentless showers, and utterly consumed by fire. For, strangest of all, on the water, which quenches everything, the fire had the greater effect, for the universe is the champion of the upright: for now the flame was quieted, so that it should not burn up the animals sent against the ungodly, but that they, when they saw it, might recognize that they were pursued by the judgment of God; and again it blazed up in the midst of the water, with more than fiery power, to destroy the products of an unrighteous land. Instead of these You gave your people angels' food, and untiringly supplied them with bread from heaven, ready to eat, strong in all enjoyment and suited to every taste; for Your support manifested Your sweetness toward your children, and the bread, ministering to the desire of the one that took it, was changed to suit everyone's liking. But snow and ice endured fire without melting, so that they should know that fire was destroying the crops of their enemies, blazing in the hail, and flashing in the rain; and that the fire, in order that upright men might be fed, had forgotten its power.
For creation, serving You who made it, strains against the unrighteous, to punish them, but relaxes on behalf of those who trust in You, to benefit them. Therefore even then, assuming all forms, it served Your all-sustaining bounty, in response to the desire of those who made supplication, so that Your children, whom You have loved, Lord, might learn that it is not the production of crops that feeds humankind, but that it is Your Word/Logos that preserves those who believe in You. For what the fire could not destroy melted away when it was simply warmed by a fleeting sunbeam, so that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give You thanks, and appeal to You at the dawning of the light. For the unthankful person's hope will melt like the wintry hoarfrost and run off like useless water.