¹² Who has ^(A)measured the ^[a]waters in the hollow of His hand,
And measured the heavens with a ^[b]span,
And ^[c]calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
^13 (B)Who has ^[d]directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His ^(C)counselor has informed Him?
^14 (D)With whom did He consult and who ^(E)gave Him understanding?
And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge,
And informed Him of the way of understanding?
¹⁵ Behold, the ^(F)nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of ^(G)dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the ^[e]islands like fine dust.
¹⁶ Even Lebanon is not enough to ^[f]burn,
Nor its ^(H)animals enough for a burnt offering.
^17 (I)All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and ^[g]meaningless.

^18 (J)To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
¹⁹ As for the ^[h](K)idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith ^(L)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
²⁰ He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a ^(M)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To ^[i]prepare ^[j]an idol that ^(N)will not totter.

^21 (O)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(P)from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is He who ^[k]sits above the ^[l](Q)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like ^(R)grasshoppers,
Who ^(S)stretches out the heavens like a ^(T)curtain
And spreads them out like a ^(U)tent to live in.
²³ It is He who reduces ^(V)rulers to nothing,
Who ^(W)makes the judges of the earth ^[m]meaningless.
^24 [n]Scarcely have they been planted,
^[o]Scarcely have they been sown,
^[p]Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the ^(X)storm carries them away like stubble.
²⁵ “^(Y)To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
^26 (Z)Raise your eyes on high
And see ^(AA)who has created these stars,
The ^(AB)One who brings out their ^[q]multitude by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the ^(AC)greatness of His might and the ^[r]strength of His power,
^(AD)Not one of them is missing.

^27 (AE)Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel,
“My way is ^(AF)hidden from the Lord,
And the ^(AG)justice due me ^[s]escapes the notice of ^(AH)my God”?
^28 (AI)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The ^(AJ)Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is ^(AK)unsearchable.
²⁹ He gives strength to the ^(AL)weary,
And to the one who lacks might He ^(AM)increases power.
³⁰ Though ^(AN)youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous ^(AO)young men stumble badly,
³¹ Yet those who ^[t]wait for the Lord
Will ^(AP)gain new strength;
They will ^[u](AQ)mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.