8. Are you trying to provethat you are innocentby accusing me of injustice?
9. Do you have a powerful armand a thundering voicethat compare with mine?
10. If so, then surround yourselfwith glory and majesty.
11-12. Show your furious anger!Throw down and crushall who are proud and evil.
13. Wrap them in grave clothesand bury them togetherin the dusty soil.
14. Do this, and I will agreethat you have wonthis argument.
15. I created both youand the hippopotamus.It eats only grass like an ox,
16. but look at the mighty musclesin its body
17. and legs.Its tail is like a cedar tree,and its thighs are thick.
18. The bones in its legsare like bronze or iron.
19. I made it more powerfulthan any other creature,yet I am stronger still.
20. Undisturbed, it eats grasswhile the other animalsplay nearby.
21-22. It rests in the shade of treesalong the river bankor hides among reedsin the swamp.