Job 40:9-24

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¹⁰ “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
    ^(C)clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
¹¹ Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
    and look on everyone who is ^(D)proud and abase him.
¹² Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
    and ^(E)tread down the wicked ^(F)where they stand.
^13 (G)Hide them all in ^(H)the dust together;
    bind their faces in the world below.^[a]
14 Then will I also acknowledge to you
    that your own ^(I)right hand can save you.

¹⁵ “Behold, Behemoth,^[b]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats ^(J)grass like an ox.
¹⁶ Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze,
    his limbs like bars of iron.

¹⁹ “He is ^(K)the first of ^(L)the works^[c] of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!
²⁰ For the mountains yield food for him
    where all the wild beasts play.
²¹ Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the shelter of ^(M)the reeds and in the marsh.
²² For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
    the willows of the brook surround him.
²³ Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
    he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
²⁴ Can one take him by his eyes,^[d]
    or pierce his nose with a snare?