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His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.

He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places.

Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight:

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.