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Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him.
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No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
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1Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? 2Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
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Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle?
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Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
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His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.
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One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
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They are 3joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
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His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like 4the eyelids of the dawn.
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Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.