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The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
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Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
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His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
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If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
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“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
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though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.
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But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
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“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
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By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
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And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
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“I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
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It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.
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“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
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“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
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The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
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What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
