In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth `it' in me.
Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who doth convene me?
If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul `with' strength.
Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.
In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,
I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Do not I, with a strong hand, And with a stretched-out arm, And with fury poured out -- rule over you?
And I have brought you in unto the wilderness of the peoples, And have been judged with you there face to face.