Quotes About Strength

Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

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.

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

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

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

But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.