¹⁰ None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

⁴ `He is' wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-

⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

⁹ He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

⁸ Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

⁹ Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹¹ Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him. Psalm 3 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

⁵ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

¹⁷ Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen `this', O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

¹⁸ Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

²² Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?