For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him and hath prospered--

Behold, He taketh away. Who can hinder Him? Who will say unto him, `What doest Thou?'

"If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers do stoop under Him.

Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him, whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only?--

The first shall say to Zion, `Behold, behold them!' And I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay His hand or say unto Him, `What doest Thou?'

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb;

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

And hast not delivered me into the hands of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large room.

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: `These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth: