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41:1  Whoever might vainly hope to do so need only see him to be overthrown.
41:2  No one is fierce enough to arouse him; who then dares stand before me?
41:3  Whoever has assailed me, I will pay back— Everything under the heavens is mine.
41:4  I need hardly mention his limbs, his strength, and the fitness of his equipment.
41:5  Who can strip off his outer garment, or penetrate his double armor?
41:6  Who can force open the doors of his face, close to his terrible teeth?
41:7  Rows of scales are on his back, tightly sealed together;
41:8  They are fitted so close to each other that no air can come between them;
41:9  So joined to one another that they hold fast and cannot be parted.
41:10  When he sneezes, light flashes forth; his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
41:11  Out of his mouth go forth torches; sparks of fire leap forth.
41:12  From his nostrils comes smoke as from a seething pot or bowl.
41:13  His breath sets coals afire; a flame comes from his mouth.
41:14  Strength abides in his neck, and power leaps before him.
41:15  The folds of his flesh stick together, it is cast over him and immovable.
41:16  His heart is cast as hard as stone; cast as the lower millstone.
41:17  When he rises up, the gods are afraid; when he crashes down, they fall back.
41:18  Should a sword reach him, it will not avail; nor will spear, dart, or javelin.
41:19  He regards iron as chaff, and bronze as rotten wood.
41:20  No arrow will put him to flight; slingstones used against him are but straw.
41:21  Clubs he regards as straw; he laughs at the crash of the spear.
41:22  Under him are sharp pottery fragments, spreading a threshing sledge upon the mire.
41:23  He makes the depths boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a perfume bottle.
41:24  Behind him he leaves a shining path; you would think the deep had white hair.
41:25  Upon the earth there is none like him, he was made fearless.
41:26  He looks over all who are haughty, he is king over all proud beasts.