Sirach 39:30

²⁸There be spirits that are created for vengeance, which in their fury lay on sore strokes; in the time of destruction they pour out their force, and appease the wrath of him that made them.

²⁹Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance;

— Sirach 39:30 —

³¹They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word.

³²Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.