# Quote — James Weldon Johnson, God's Trombones

> With his head in his hands,
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> God thought and thought,
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> Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

- Author: [James Weldon Johnson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson.md)
- Book: [God's Trombones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson#God's_Trombones:_Seven_Negro_Sermons_in_Verse_(1927)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones/with-his-head

## More from this book

> And God smiled again,
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> And the rainbow appeared,
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> And curled itself around his shoulder.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones/and-god-smiled.md)

> So God stepped over to the edge of the world
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> And He spat out the seven seas;
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> He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
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> He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
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> And the waters above the earth came down,
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> The cooling waters came down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones/so-god-stepped.md)

> Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones/young-man-young-man-your.md)