⁷ “Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(B)

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?^(C)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?^(D)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s,^(E)
    and can your voice^(F) thunder like his?^(G)
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
    and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.^(H)
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,^(I)
    look at all who are proud and bring them low,^(J)
12 look at all who are proud^(K) and humble them,^(L)
    crush^(M) the wicked where they stand.
¹³ Bury them all in the dust together;^(N)
    shroud their faces in the grave.^(O)
14 Then I myself will admit to you
    that your own right hand can save you.^(P)

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made^(Q) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.^(R)
16 What strength^(S) it has in its loins,
    what power in the muscles of its belly!^(T)
17 Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.^(U)
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs^(V) like rods of iron.^(W)
19 It ranks first among the works of God,^(X)
    yet its Maker^(Y) can approach it with his sword.^(Z)
20 The hills bring it their produce,^(AA)
    and all the wild animals play^(AB) nearby.^(AC)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds^(AD) in the marsh.^(AE)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream^(AF) surround it.
²³ A raging river^(AG) does not alarm it;
    it is secure, though the Jordan^(AH) should surge against its mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
    or trap it and pierce its nose?^(AI)

³ The voice^(E) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory^(F) thunders,^(G)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.^(H)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;^(I)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.^(J)
6 He makes Lebanon leap^(K) like a calf,
    Sirion^[b](L) like a young wild ox.^(M)
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.^(N)
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.^(O)
9 The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[c](P)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(Q)

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;^(R)
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.^(S)
11 The Lord gives strength to his people;^(T)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.^(U)