¹² Behold, he seizeth `the prey', who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

⁹ Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

¹⁰ If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

¹³ But he is in one `mind', and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

³⁴ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

³⁵ And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

⁶ O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

²⁹ When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether `it be done' unto a nation, or unto a man:

¹³ Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

¹¹ in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

¹⁸ So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

¹⁹ Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

²⁰ Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

²⁶ yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.