Quotes About Authority

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

He deprives the earthís leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

They said to God, ëDepart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?í

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?

The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

who says to kings, ëYou are worthless!í and to nobles, ëYou are wicked,í