If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.