Quotes About Power

The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!

He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah