The Untamable Power of Leviathan

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¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

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Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

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¶ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.