3 By the Lord’s word he shut up the sky,and in the same wayhe brought down fire three times.
4 How glorious you were, Elijah,in your amazing deeds!Who will boast like you can?
5 You raised a corpse from death,from the grave by a wordof the Most High.
6 You brought kings down to destructionand dragged the famousfrom their beds.
7 You heard a rebuke at Sinaiand decrees of punishment at Horeb.
8 You anointed kings to bring retributionand prophets to succeed you.
9 You were taken up in a whirlwind of fireand in a chariot of fiery horses.