GIANTS OF OLD IN 3 MACCABBEES

2 Lord, Lord, king of the heavens, and master of all creation, holy among the holy-ones, monarch,

almighty, give attention to us who are suffering

grievously from an unsacred and profane man,

puffed up in his audacity and potency.

3 For you, thecreator of all things and having

might over the whole world, are a righteous

powerful one, and you judge those who have done

anything in outrageousness and wantonness.

4 You destroyed those who in the past committed unrighteous deeds, among whom were even giants

who trusted in their bodily-strength and audacity,

whom you destroyed by bringing on them an

immeasurable flood.

5 With fire and sulphur you consumed the people

of Sodom who acted in arrogance, who

were notorious for their evils,7 making them an

example to those who should come afterward.