• God’s Power Shown in Creatures

  • 1 “Can you drag out Leviathan with a fishhook, And press down his tongue with a rope?
  • 2 “Can you put a rope in his nose, And pierce his jaw with a hook?
  • 3 “Will he make many pleas to you, Or will he speak to you gentle words?
  • 4 “Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?
  • 5 “Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls?
  • 6 “Will the traders bargain for him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
  • 7 “Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
  • 8 “Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
  • 9 “Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him?
  • 10 “No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me?
  • 11 “Who has been first to give to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the entire heaven is Mine.
  • 12 “I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.
  • 13 “Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can pierce his double armor?
  • 14 “Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
  • 15 “His strong scales are his pride, Locked as with a tight seal.
  • 16 “One is so close to another That no air can come between them.
  • 17 “They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
  • 18 “His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eye of dawn.
  • 19 “From his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
  • 20 “From his nostrils smoke goes out As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
  • 21 “His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
  • 22 “In his neck dwells strength, And dismay leaps before him.
  • 23 “The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him.
  • 24 “His heart is as firm as a stone, And as firm as a lower millstone.
  • 25 “When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
  • 26 “The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
  • 27 “He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
  • 28 “The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
  • 29 “Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
  • 30 “His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
  • 31 “He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
  • 32 “Behind him he illuminates a pathway; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
  • 33 “Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.
  • 34 “He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride.”