“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding. If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open. If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
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