⁶ Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

²¹ Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

³⁵ And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

³³ As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

⁸ In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

⁴ Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

³ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

³³ Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

³⁴ Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

¹⁹ If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

⁴ He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?