1 | I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance? |
2 | Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. |
3 | I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication. |
4 | Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth? |
5 | Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth. |
6 | His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another. |
7 | One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them. |
8 | They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated. |
9 | His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
10 | Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly. |
11 | Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling. |
12 | His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth. |
13 | Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence. |
14 | The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place. |
15 | His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith's anvil. |
16 | When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves. |
17 | When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate. |
18 | For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood. |
19 | The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him. |
20 | He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear. |
21 | The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay. |
22 | He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do. |
23 | A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age. |
24 | There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one. |
25 | He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance. |