The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

1Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle, or bynde his tonge with a snare?

2Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him, or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule?

3Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the (thynkest thou) or flatre the:

4Wyll he make a couenaunt with the? Or, art thou able for to compell him to do the contynuall seruyce?

5Wilt thou take thy pastyne wt him as with a byrde, or geue him vnto thy maydens,

6that thy companyons maye hew him in peces, to be parted amonge the marchaunt men?

7Canst thou fyll the nett wt his skynne, or ye fysh panyer with his heade?

8Darrest thou laye honde vpon him? It is better for the to considre what harme might happe the there thorow and not to touch him.

9For when thou thynkest to haue holde vpon him, he shall begyle the: Euery man also that seyth him, shall go backe. And why?

10There darre none be so bolde, as to rayse him vp. Who is able to stonde before me?

11Or, who hath geuen me eny thynge afore hande, that I am bounde to rewarde him agayne? All thinges vnder heauen are myne.

12I feare him not, whether he threaten or speake fayre.

13Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the bytt of his brydle?

14Who openeth the dore of his face? for he hath horrible tethe rounde aboute.

15His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well copacte together.

16One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in:

17Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.

18His nesinge is like a glisteringe fyre, and his eyes like the mornynge shyne.

19Out of his mouth go torches and fyre brandes,

20out off his nostrels there goeth a smoke, like as out off an hote seetinge pott.

21His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.

22In his necke remayneth strength, and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse.

23The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued.

24His hert is as harde as a stone, ad as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon.

25When he goeth: the mightiest off all are afrayed, and the wawes heuy.

26Yff he drawe out the swearde, there maye nether speare ner brest plate abyde him.

27He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yro, and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall.

28He starteth not awaye for him that bendeth the bowe, & as for slynge stones, he careth as moch for stubble as for them

29He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare.

30He treadeth the golde in the myre like ye sharpe potsherdes.

31He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like a pott, and stereth the see together like an oyntment.

32The waye is light after him, the depe is his walkynge place.

33Vpon earth is there no power like vnto his, for he is so made, that he feareth not.

34Yff a man will cosidre all hye thinges, this same is a kynge ouer all the children off pryde.