⁵ “To whom will you compare me?
    Who is my equal?

¹⁸ To whom can you compare God?
    What image can you find to resemble him?

²⁵ “To whom will you compare me?
    Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.

⁶ Though he was God,^[a]
    he did not think of equality with God
    as something to cling to.

¹⁶ But the God of Israel^[a] is no idol!
    He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including Israel, his own special possession.
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

⁶ Lord, there is no one like you!
    For you are great, and your name is full of power.
⁷ Who would not fear you, O King of nations?
    That title belongs to you alone!
Among all the wise people of the earth
    and in all the kingdoms of the world,
    there is no one like you.

⁵ Who can be compared with the Lord our God,
    who is enthroned on high?

⁸ O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies!
    Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord?
    You are entirely faithful.