For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.

God [is] wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened [himself] against Him and prospered?

If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'

God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

If He breaks [a thing] down, it cannot be rebuilt; [If] He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides [His] face, who then can see Him, Whether [it is] against a nation or a man alone? --

The first time [I said] to Zion, 'Look, there they are!' And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.

All the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And [among] the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?"

"Or [who] shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth [and] issued from the womb;

How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

" And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ' These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens":