What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.