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?
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way,\par\tab For his wrath will soon be kindled.\par\tab Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.\par
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, {\cf6 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.}
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.