¹⁰ If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

¹² Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'

¹³ God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.

⁷ `And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

¹⁴ Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

³⁵ and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

²⁷ First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,

⁸ And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

⁸ And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

²⁹ And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, `It is' the same.

⁴ Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

¹⁸ For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

³⁰ How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?