The Wisdom of Solomon 11:15-20

[15] In return for their foolish and wicked thoughts,
which led them astray to worship irrational
serpents and worthless animals,
you did send upon them a multitude of irrational
creatures to punish them,
[16] that they might learn that one is punished
by the very things by which he sins.
[17] For your all-powerful hand,
which created the world out of formless matter,
did not lack the means to send upon them a
multitude of bears, or bold lions,
[18] or newly created unknown beasts full of rage,
or such as breathe out fiery breath,
or belch forth a thick pall of smoke,
or flash terrible sparks from their eyes;
[19] not only could their damage exterminate men,
but the mere sight of them could kill by fright.
[20] Even apart from these, men could fall at a single breath
when pursued by justice
and scattered by the breath of your power.
But you have arranged all things by measure
and number and weight.