4. Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
5. Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6. Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
7. Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
8. Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, --do no more!
9. Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
10. None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
11. Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12. I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
13. Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
14. Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15. The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16. One is so near to another that no air can come between them;