“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

“Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?

“But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,

“With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel and understanding.

“O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the honorable man dwells in it.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

“Shall one who hates justice rule?
And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

“Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.