The Grandiose Slaughter of Leviathan Lyrics

Who is this who darkens counsel
With words of ignorance?
Gird up your loins now, like a man
I will question you, and you tell me the answers!

Where were you when I founded the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding
Who determined its size? Surely you know?
Who stretched out the measuring line for it?
Into what were its pedestals sunk
And who laid its cornerstone?

While the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who shut within doors the sea
When it burst forth from the womb
When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling bands?

When I set limits for it
And fastened the bar of its door
And said: Thus far shall you come but no farther
And here shall your proud waves stop?

The earth is changed as clay by the seal
And dyed like a garment
But from the wicked their light is withheld
And the arm of pride is shattered

Can you lead Leviathan about with a hook
Or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Can you put a ring into his nose
Or pierce through his cheek with a gaff?
Will he then plead with you, time after time
Or address you with tender words?

Will he make a covenant with you
That you may have him as a slave forever?

Can you play with him, as with a bird?
Can you tie him up for your little girls?

Will the traders bargain for him?
Will the merchants
Divide him up?

Can you fill his hide with barbs
Or his head with fish spears?
Once you but lay a hand upon him
No need to recall any other conflict!

Have the gates of death been shown to you
Or have you seen the gates of darkness?

Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth?
Tell me, if you know it all

What is the way to the dwelling of light
And darkness—where is its place
That you you may take it to its territory
And know the paths to its home?