⁴ For the word of the Lord is upright,
    and all his work is done in ^(G)faithfulness.
⁵ He ^(H)loves righteousness and justice;
    ^(I)the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶ By ^(J)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    and by ^(K)the breath of his mouth all ^(L)their host.
⁷ He gathers the waters of the sea as ^(M)a heap;
    he ^(N)puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
⁹ For ^(O)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰ The Lord ^(P)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
^11 (Q)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.
^12 (R)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people whom he has ^(S)chosen as his heritage!

¹³ The Lord ^(T)looks down from heaven;
    he sees all the children of man;
¹⁴ from ^(U)where he sits enthroned he ^(V)looks out
    on all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵ he who fashions the hearts of them all
    and observes all their deeds.
^16 (W)The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
^17 (X)The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
    and by its great might it cannot rescue.

¹⁸ Behold, ^(Y)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
    ^(Z)on those who hope in his steadfast love,
¹⁹ that he may ^(AA)deliver their soul from death
    and keep them alive in ^(AB)famine.

²⁰ Our soul ^(AC)waits for the Lord;
    he is our ^(AD)help and ^(AE)our shield.
²¹ For our heart is ^(AF)glad in him,
    because we ^(AG)trust in his holy name.
²² Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
    even as we hope in you.

41 ^[a] “Can you draw out ^(A)Leviathan^[b] with a fishhook
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
² Can you put ^(B)a rope in his nose
    or pierce his jaw with ^(C)a hook?
³ Will he make many pleas to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
⁴ Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for ^(D)your servant forever?
⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
⁶ Will traders bargain over him?
    Will they divide him up among the merchants?
⁷ Can you fill his skin with harpoons
    or his head with fishing spears?
⁸ Lay your hands on him;
    remember the battle—you will not do it again!
^9 [c] Behold, the hope of a man is false;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
¹⁰ No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?
^11 (E)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
    ^(F)Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

¹² “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
    or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
¹³ Who can strip off his outer garment?
    Who would come near him with a bridle?
¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face?
    Around his teeth is terror.
¹⁵ His back is made of^[d] rows of shields,
    shut up closely as with a seal.
¹⁶ One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
¹⁷ They are ^(G)joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
¹⁸ His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like ^(H)the eyelids of the dawn.
¹⁹ Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
    sparks of fire leap forth.
²⁰ Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
    as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
²¹ His breath ^(I)kindles coals,
    and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
²² In his neck abides strength,
    and terror dances before him.
²³ The folds of his flesh ^(J)stick together,
    firmly cast on him and immovable.
²⁴ His heart is hard as a stone,
    hard as the lower millstone.
²⁵ When he raises himself up, the mighty^[e] are afraid;
    at the crashing they are beside themselves.
²⁶ Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
    nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
²⁷ He counts iron as straw,
    and bronze as rotten wood.
²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee;
    for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
²⁹ Clubs are counted as stubble;
    he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
³⁰ His underparts are like sharp ^(K)potsherds;
    he spreads himself like ^(L)a threshing sledge on the mire.
³¹ He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
³² Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
    one would think the deep to be white-haired.
^33 (M)On earth there is not his like,
    a creature without fear.
³⁴ He sees everything that is high;
    he is king over all the ^(N)sons of pride.”