⁵ “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?^(A)

¹⁸ With whom, then, will you compare God?^(A)
    To what image^(B) will you liken him?

²⁵ “To whom will you compare me?^(A)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.^(B)

⁶ For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?^(A)

⁶ Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(A)
    did not consider equality with God^(B) something to be used to his own advantage;

¹⁶ He who is the Portion^(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,^(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance^(C)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.^(D)

⁶ No one is like you,^(A) Lord;
    you are great,^(B)
    and your name is mighty in power.
⁷ Who should not fear^(C) you,
    King of the nations?^(D)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

⁵ Who is like the Lord our God,^(A)
    the One who sits enthroned^(B) on high,^(C)