^13 (A)Who has ^[a]encompassed the Spirit of Yahweh,
Or as His ^(B)counselor has informed Him?
^14 (C)With whom did He take counsel and who ^(D)gave Him understanding?
And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge
And made Him know the way of understanding?
¹⁵ Behold, the ^(E)nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are counted as a speck of ^(F)dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust.
¹⁶ Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor its ^(G)beasts enough for a burnt offering.
^17 (H)All the nations are as nothing before Him;
They are counted by Him as non-existent and utterly formless.

^18 (I)To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
¹⁹ As for the ^(J)graven images, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith ^(K)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
²⁰ He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution
Chooses a ^(L)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman
To ^[b]prepare a graven image that ^(M)will not be shaken.

^21 (N)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(O)from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is He who ^[c]inhabits above the ^[d](P)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like ^(Q)grasshoppers;
It is He who ^(R)stretches out the heavens like a ^(S)curtain
And spreads them out like a ^(T)tent to inhabit.
²³ It is He who reduces ^(U)rulers to nothing,
Who ^(V)makes the ^[e]judges of the earth utterly formless.
^24 [f]Scarcely have they been planted;
^[g]Scarcely have they been sown;
^[h]Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they ^[i]wither,
And the ^(W)storm carries them away like stubble.
²⁵ “^(X)To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
^26 (Y)Lift up your eyes on high
And see ^(Z)who has created these stars,
The ^(AA)One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the ^(AB)greatness of His vigor and the ^[j]strength of His power,
^(AC)Not one of them is missing.

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