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Some may conquer whole nations, and force powerful kings
  To bow their necks beneath their own command: original: "subdere colla." A classical idiom for total submission or enslavement.
There are others whom gentleness original: "mansuetudo." This refers to the Christian virtue of meekness or mildness of character. has raised to great heights:
  Cruel tyrants have done no harm to those who remain faithful.
Daniel is preserved unharmed from the mouths of lions;
  The burning flame does not hurt him in the least. original: "fervida flamma." While Daniel was in the lions' den, this likely alludes to his companions Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3), often grouped together in biblical summaries of divine protection.
Thus God is good and merciful toward the righteous, yet in His anger,
  He restrains the guilty with punishments and penalties.
To some of these He grants time and opportunity,
  So that they might be able to repent for their sins.
Other sinners were consumed by fire from above,
  As the punished original: "plexa." This can mean "intertwined" or "woven," suggesting that the crimes were complex or that the punishment was inextricably linked to the sin itself. crimes of the people of Sodom demonstrate.