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2.7 KiB
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107 lines
2.7 KiB
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# Chapter 41
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1. "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
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Or _snare_ his tongue with a line _which_ you lower?
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2. Can you put a reed through his nose,
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Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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3. Will he make many supplications to you?
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Will he speak softly to you?
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4. Will he make a covenant with you?
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Will you take him as a servant forever?
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5. Will you play with him as _with_ a bird,
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Or will you leash him for your maidens?
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6. Will _your_ companions make a banquet of him?
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Will they apportion him among the merchants?
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7. Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
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Or his head with fishing spears?
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8. Lay your hand on him;
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Remember the battle--
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Never do it again!
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9. Indeed, _any_ hope of _overcoming_ him is false;
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Shall _one not_ be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
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10. No one _is so_ fierce that he would dare stir him up.
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Who then is able to stand against Me?
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11. Who has preceded Me, that I should pay _him?_
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Everything under heaven is Mine.
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12. "I will not conceal his limbs,
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His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
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13. Who can remove his outer coat?
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Who can approach _him_ with a double bridle?
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14. Who can open the doors of his face,
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_With_ his terrible teeth all around?
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15. _His_ rows of scales are _his_ pride,
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Shut up tightly _as with_ a seal;
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16. One is so near another
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That no air can come between them;
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17. They are joined one to another,
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They stick together and cannot be parted.
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18. His sneezings flash forth light,
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And his eyes _are_ like the eyelids of the morning.
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19. Out of his mouth go burning lights;
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Sparks of fire shoot out.
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20. Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
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As _from_ a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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21. His breath kindles coals,
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And a flame goes out of his mouth.
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22. Strength dwells in his neck,
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And sorrow dances before him.
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23. The folds of his flesh are joined together;
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They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
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24. His heart is as hard as stone,
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Even as hard as the lower _millstone._
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25. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
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Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
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26. _Though_ the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
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Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
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27. He regards iron as straw,
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_And_ bronze as rotten wood.
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28. The arrow cannot make him flee;
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Slingstones become like stubble to him.
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29. Darts are regarded as straw;
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He laughs at the threat of javelins.
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30. His undersides _are_ like sharp potsherds;
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He spreads pointed _marks_ in the mire.
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31. He makes the deep boil like a pot;
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He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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32. He leaves a shining wake behind him;
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_One_ would think the deep had white hair.
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33. On earth there is nothing like him,
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Which is made without fear.
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34. He beholds every high _thing;_
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He _is_ king over all the children of pride."
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