Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, open his eyes and let him see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha.
When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, whether it is done against a nation or against a man only?
Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. “ ‘And let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. And no one can stay His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?”
In Him also we have received an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will,
He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the oppressed from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit a throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth belong to the Lord, and He has set the world upon them.