Psalm 14:1 [show/hide]Psalm 14:1
The Fool Says, There Is No God
To the choirmaster. Of David.
[14:1]The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there is none who does good.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
1. CREATION: That the material worlds had a beginning is not only declared by Scripture, but is confirmed by geology, astronomy, and other sciences. Everything begun owes its existence to some producing cause greater than its production. Since creations are great, the cause of them must be infinitely greater. The cause must be intelligent and personal, for force is not personal. It must be aside and apart from the things caused. This cause must be God who is the cause of all causes; and these facts must be concluded because of the nature of the various creations. To think of the vast creations of suns, solar systems, worlds, their inhabitants of intelligent beings, and of varied life without concluding that some intelligent being planned, designed, and brought them into existence is blind and willful unbelief. It is like thinking there is no intelligent person back of every watch, car, radio, television, or anything else made among men. If someone made all these things, certainly someone made the vast creations in space. The Heavens do declare the Glory of God. The firmament does show His handiwork [Ps. 19:1-6 [show/hide]Psalm 19:1-6
The Law of the LORD Is Perfect
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
[19:1]The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
[2]Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
[3]There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
[4]Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
[5]which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
[6]Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
; 8:3-4, note]. We can understand God by His creation [Rom. 1:19-20 [show/hide]Romans 1:19-20
[19]For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. [20]For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (ESV)
; Job 12:7-25 [show/hide]Job 12:7-25
[7]"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
[8]or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
[9]Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the LORD has done this?
[10]In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
[11]Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
[12]Wisdom is with the aged,
and understanding in length of days.
[13]"With God are wisdom and might;
he has counsel and understanding.
[14]If he tears down, none can rebuild;
if he shuts a man in, none can open.
[15]If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
[16]With him are strength and sound wisdom;
the deceived and the deceiver are his.
[17]He leads counselors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools.
[18]He looses the bonds of kings
and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
[19]He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the mighty.
[20]He deprives of speech those who are trusted
and takes away the discernment of the elders.
[21]He pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
[22]He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.
[23]He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
[24]He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth
and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
[25]They grope in the dark without light,
and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
; 38:1-41: 34].
2. DESIGN: The design and purpose of all creation prove an intelligent Designer to order and direct all things to useful ends. Nature without God in it is like man’s body without life in it, like a watch, radio, television, or any complicated machine without a designer, maker, and maintenance man. Who but God orders, arranges, and maintains the vast solar systems and all life on the planets to the minutest detail? Who caused the systems to run eternally in their own orbits and spheres without the slightest deviation from fixed law? Just as the Bible is not written and produced by the laws of spelling and grammar, but by intelligent minds according to those laws, so the book of the universe is not written by the laws of nature, but by an intelligent Being who made all things and upholds them by His own power [Heb. 1:13 [show/hide]Hebrews 1:13
[13]And to which of the angels has he ever said,
"Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
]. Out of 5,300 pictures of snow-crystals catalogued no two are exactly alike. Each has 6 points crossing at a 60 degree angel. If one is like a fern it has 6 out-pointing leaves; if like a windmill, it has 6 sails; if like a starfish, 6 ribs; or if like a fir tree, 6 stems with plumes set in perfect symmetry. This makes 3 distinct angles to each flake. The Hebrew word for ‘snow’ equals 333 [Hebrew letters stand for numbers]. Could it not be that God has set His symbol of the Triune God in each flake? The average snow storm produces about 10000 billion crystals. Only an intelligent Being could design so many forms. This same infinite design is carried out with every detail of creation, proving an infinite mind. If design is seen in such details as snow how much more are they seen in larger and more visible creations in the earth and heavens?
3. INTUITION: This means direct, inborn, self-conscious, sense-perception knowledge; comprehension without effort or reasoning; instinctive knowledge. All men have an intuitive belief in God. Some have so ignored and killed out such natural faith by unnatural and destructive efforts that it is not recognized by them; but in times of sudden danger and in face of realities they automatically call out upon God for help. This proves the intuition is still there but suppressed. Such faith is as much a part of man’s faculties as breathing, eating, drinking, etc. It is as natural as the instinct of a chicken out of the shell who starts to pick in the sand around it for something to eat, or a calf who knows where to get its first dinner. The calf does not pick in the sand and a chicken would never think of going to a cow for its food. Nothing in nature has to be school-trained to learn how to act according to its own peculiar nature. So man does not have to learn that there is a God. He knows intuitively that there is one and that in Him he lives, moves, and has his own being [Acts 17:22-28 [show/hide]Acts 17:22-28
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
[22]So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. [23]For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. [24]The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, [25]nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. [26]And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, [27]that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, [28]for
"'In him we live and move and have our being';
as even some of your own poets have said,
"'For we are indeed his offspring.'
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4. NATURE: Man’s moral and spiritual natures know there is a God who approves or condemns all acts of right or wrong. Conscience is the voice of God in man. Moral law makes him a responsible creature and requires him to consecrate himself to the highest good of being and of the universe. It must be that there is a God or moral nature is a lie. It lives in constant respect and fear of the pleasure or displeasure of Him. Man’s native moral obligation to moral law implies a moral Lawgiver and Moral Governor of the Universe. Willing or unwilling man lives in the sense of such Presence in his life and conduct. Conscience does not lay down the law but it recognizes it. Thus man’s moral and intellectual being proves the existence of God to whom he is responsible.
5. UNIVERSAL BELIEF: The vast majority of men in all ages and places have acknowledged the existence of God. The lowest tribes and the most destitute of religion as well as the highest civilized and religious have equally believed in a supreme being. Such is manifest in the manners, customs, literature, religion, and conduct of all men [Rom. 1:21-32 [show/hide]Romans 1:21-32
[21]For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. [22]Claiming to be wise, they became fools, [23]and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
[24]Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, [25]because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
[26]For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; [27]and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
[28]And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. [29]They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, [30]slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, [31]foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. [32]Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. (ESV)
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6. UNIVERSAL HUNGER: When a person is physically hungry we know that the hunger argues and demands something to satisfy it. When a man hungers for God that hunger argues and demands Someone or Something to satisfy it. All men hunger for soul satisfaction and long for a Saviour and a Deliverer from all the ills and curses of life. There must be supreme Being capable of meeting this universal craving when men turn to Him and meet His terms of reconciliation and fellowship [Jn. 3:16-20 [show/hide]John 3:16-20
For God So Loved the World
[16]"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17]For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. [18]Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. [19]And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. [20]For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. (ESV)
; 2 Cor. 5:17-21 [show/hide]2 Corinthians 5:17-21
[17]Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. [18]All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; [19]that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. [20]Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [21]For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (ESV)
; 6:14-18; 1 Jn. 1:1-9 [show/hide]1 John 1:1-9
The Word of Life
[1:1]That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- [2]the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- [3]that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. [4]And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Walking in the Light
[5]This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. [6]If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. [7]But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. [8]If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9]If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (ESV)
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7. DEPENDENCE AND NECESSITY: All men of all ages and places not only recognize the existence of a supreme Being, but they, at times, recognize their dependence upon Him and an absolute necessity for His blessings to sustain life. They realize their own helplessness and long for and call upon God for help in times of need [Ps. 107:1-43 [show/hide]Psalm 107
Let the Redeemed of the LORD Say So
[107:1]Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
[2]Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble
[3]and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
[4]Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
[5]hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
[6]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
[7]He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
[8]Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
[9]For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
[10]Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
[11]for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
[12]So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.
[13]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
[14]He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
[15]Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
[16]For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.
[17]Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
[18]they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
[19]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
[20]He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.
[21]Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
[22]And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
[23]Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
[24]they saw the deeds of the LORD,
his wondrous works in the deep.
[25]For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
[26]They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
[27]they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits' end.
[28]Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
[29]He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
[30]Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
[31]Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
[32]Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
[33]He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
[34]a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
[35]He turns a desert into pools of water,
a parched land into springs of water.
[36]And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;
[37]they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
[38]By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.
[39]When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
[40]he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
[41]but he raises up the needy out of affliction
and makes their families like flocks.
[42]The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
[43]Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
; Jonah 1:5-16 [show/hide]Jonah 1:5-16
[5]Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. [6]So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish."
Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
[7]And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. [8]Then they said to him, "Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?" [9]And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." [10]Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, "What is this that you have done!" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
[11]Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous. [12]He said to them, "Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you." [13]Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. [14]Therefore they called out to the LORD, "O LORD, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you." [15]So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. [16]Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. (ESV)
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8. HARMONY: To believe in the existence of God is the only natural, normal, practical, beneficial, satisfying, factual, necessary, and Scriptural way to believe. When one has the key that will unlock a door he knows he has the right key. Even so, when one has the answer to every question, the explanation of every mystery, the satisfaction to every hunger and desire, the answer to the perplexing problems of the past, present, and future, he knows that he is right in believing there is a God. Atheism is not the answer to one problem. It makes lies of nature, creation, the Bible, and God and leaves helpless and floundering man a victim of misery and despair.
9. HISTORY: The record of events in all history gives overwhelming evidence of the existence and providence of God – in the rise and fall of nations, the preservation of races; the government of peoples; and innumerable events which had no natural or possible explanation other than the acts of a supernatural Being called GOD. Multitudes of men have been blessed by Him and redeemed from lives of sin and shame. Some have seen God with the natural eyes; others have had visions and revelations from Him; and still others have known God in an intimate and personal way. These millions of actual contacts and experiences cannot be denied. Healings, miracles, deliverances, and real contacts with God have revolutionized individual lives and whole nations times without number. To deny the existence of God is as foolish as to deny the creation, electricity, heat, light, cold and innumerable other things, seen and unseen. Multitudes today can testify of changed lives by faith in God, answers to prayer, and personal experiences of many kinds. While this is true among Christians, not one infidel, agnostic, or atheist can boast of any benefit whatsoever from his unbelief. The acid test of Christianity and atheism is the actual benefits of their converts!
10. SCRIPTURES: The Bible begins by assuming the existence of God and His creation of all things [Gen: 1:1; Job 38-40 [show/hide]Job 38-40
The LORD Answers Job
[38:1]Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
[2]"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
[3]Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
[4]"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
[5]Who determined its measurements--surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
[6]On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
[7]when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
[8]"Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
[9]when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
[10]and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,
[11]and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
[12]"Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
[13]that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
[14]It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
[15]From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
[16]"Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
[17]Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
[18]Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
[19]"Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
[20]that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?
[21]You know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
[22]"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
[23]which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
[24]What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
[25]"Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,
[26]to bring rain on a land where no man is,
on the desert in which there is no man,
[27]to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with grass?
[28]"Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?
[29]From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
[30]The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
[31]"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?
[32]Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
or can you guide the Bear with its children?
[33]Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?
[34]"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that a flood of waters may cover you?
[35]Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, 'Here we are'?
[36]Who has put wisdom in the inward parts
or given understanding to the mind?
[37]Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
[38]when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods stick fast together?
[39]"Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
[40]when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their thicket?
[41]Who provides for the raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God for help,
and wander about for lack of food?
[39:1]"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the does?
[2]Can you number the months that they fulfill,
and do you know the time when they give birth,
[3]when they crouch, bring forth their offspring,
and are delivered of their young?
[4]Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and do not return to them.
[5]"Who has let the wild donkey go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
[6]to whom I have given the arid plain for his home
and the salt land for his dwelling place?
[7]He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
[8]He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
and he searches after every green thing.
[9]"Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your manger?
[10]Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,
or will he harrow the valleys after you?
[11]Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
and will you leave to him your labor?
[12]Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?
[13]"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
[14]For she leaves her eggs to the earth
and lets them be warmed on the ground,
[15]forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.
[16]She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
[17]because God has made her forget wisdom
and given her no share in understanding.
[18]When she rouses herself to flee,
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
[19]"Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
[20]Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
[21]He paws in the valley and exults in his strength;
he goes out to meet the weapons.
[22]He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
[23]Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
[24]With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
[25]When the trumpet sounds, he says 'Aha!'
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
[26]"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars
and spreads his wings toward the south?
[27]Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his nest on high?
[28]On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on the rocky crag and stronghold.
[29]From there he spies out the prey;
his eyes behold it from far away.
[30]His young ones suck up blood,
and where the slain are, there is he."
[40:1]And the LORD said to Job:
[2]"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it."
Job Promises Silence
[3]Then Job answered the LORD and said:
[4]"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
[5]I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
twice, but I will proceed no further."
The LORD Challenges Job
[6]Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
[7]"Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
[8]Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
[9]Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
[10]"Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
[11]Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
[12]Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and tread down the wicked where they stand.
[13]Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.
[14]Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own right hand can save you.
[15]"Behold, Behemoth,
which I made as I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.
[16]Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
[17]He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
[18]His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.
[19]"He is the first of the works of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
[20]For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beasts play.
[21]Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
[22]For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.
[23]Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
[24]Can one take him by his eyes,
or pierce his nose with a snare?
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[24]God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." (ESV)
Dake A.R.B.]
- Dake Annotated Reference Bible: page 623.
