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

⁴ God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, As a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

⁹ He couched, he lay down as a lion, As a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, Cursed be everyone who curses you.

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

⁹ Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

¹¹ Serve Yahweh with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

⁵ If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

¹⁷ Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], 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, behold, they put the branch to their nose.

¹⁸ Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my 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?