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[1] I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?
[2] And who `yaf to me bifore, that Y yelde to hym? Alle thingis, that ben vndur heuene, ben myne.
[3] Y schal not spare hym for myyti wordis, and maad faire to biseche.
[4] Who schal schewe the face of his clothing, and who schal entre in to the myddis of his mouth?
[5] Who schal opene the yatis of his cheer? ferdfulnesse is bi the cumpas of hise teeth.
[6] His bodi is as yotun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with scalis ouerleiynge hem silf.
[7] Oon is ioyned to another; and sotheli brething goith not thorouy tho.
[8] Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid.
[9] His fnesynge is as schynynge of fier, and hise iyen ben as iyelidis of the morewtid.
[10] Laumpis comen forth of his mouth, as trees of fier, that ben kyndlid.
[11] Smoke cometh forth of hise nosethirlis, as of a pot set on the fier `and boilynge.
[12] His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth.
[13] Strengthe schal dwelle in his necke, and nedynesse schal go bifor his face.
[14] The membris of hise fleischis ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis ayens hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place.
[15] His herte schal be maad hard as a stoon; and it schal be streyned togidere as the anefeld of a smith.
[16] Whanne he schal be takun awei, aungels schulen drede; and thei aferd schulen be purgid.
[17] Whanne swerd takith hym, it may not stonde, nethir spere, nether haburioun.
[18] For he schal arette irun as chaffis, and bras as rotun tre.
[19] A man archere schal not dryue hym awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym.
[20] He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere.
[21] The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley.
[22] He schal make the depe se to buyle as a pot; and he schal putte, as whanne oynementis buylen.
[23] A path schal schyne aftir hym; he schal gesse the greet occian as wexynge eld.
[24] No power is on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym; which is maad, that he schulde drede noon.
[25] He seeth al hiy thing; he is kyng ouer alle the sones of pride.
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