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.