⁶ A voice says, “Call out.”
Then ^[a]he answered, “What shall I call out?”
^(A)All flesh is grass, and all its lovingkindness is like the flower of the field.
⁷ The ^(B)grass ^[b]withers, the flower fades,
^[c]When the ^(C)breath of Yahweh blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
⁸ The grass ^[d]withers, the flower fades,
But ^(D)the word of our God stands forever.

⁹ Get yourself up on a ^(E)high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of ^(F)good news,
Raise up your voice powerfully,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Raise it up, do not fear.
Say to the ^(G)cities of Judah,
“^(H)Behold your God!”
¹⁰ Behold, Lord Yahweh will come ^(I)with strength,
With His ^(J)arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His ^(K)reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.
¹¹ Like a shepherd He will ^(L)shepherd His flock;
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

¹² Who has ^(M)measured the ^[e]waters in the hollow of His hand,
And ^[f]encompassed the heavens by the ^[g]span,
And ^[h]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
^13 (N)Who has ^[i]encompassed the Spirit of Yahweh,
Or as His ^(O)counselor has informed Him?
^14 (P)With whom did He take counsel and who ^(Q)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 ^(R)nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are counted as a speck of ^(S)dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust.
¹⁶ Even Lebanon is not enough to burn,
Nor its ^(T)beasts enough for a burnt offering.
^17 (U)All the nations are as nothing before Him;
They are counted by Him as non-existent and utterly formless.

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

^21 (AA)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(AB)from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is He who ^[k]inhabits above the ^[l](AC)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like ^(AD)grasshoppers;
It is He who ^(AE)stretches out the heavens like a ^(AF)curtain
And spreads them out like a ^(AG)tent to inhabit.
²³ It is He who reduces ^(AH)rulers to nothing,
Who ^(AI)makes the ^[m]judges of the earth utterly formless.
^24 [n]Scarcely have they been planted;
^[o]Scarcely have they been sown;
^[p]Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they ^[q]wither,
And the ^(AJ)storm carries them away like stubble.
²⁵ “^(AK)To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
^26 (AL)Lift up your eyes on high
And see ^(AM)who has created these stars,
The ^(AN)One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the ^(AO)greatness of His vigor and the ^[r]strength of His power,
^(AP)Not one of them is missing.

^27 (AQ)Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,
“My way is ^(AR)hidden from Yahweh,
And the ^(AS)justice due me passes by ^(AT)my God”?
^28 (AU)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The ^(AV)Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is ^(AW)unsearchable.
²⁹ He gives power to the ^(AX)weary,
And to him who lacks vigor He ^(AY)increases might.
³⁰ Though ^(AZ)youths grow weary and tired,
And choice ^(BA)young men stumble badly,
³¹ Yet those who hope in Yahweh
Will ^(BB)gain new power;
They will ^[s](BC)mount up with ^[t]wings like eagles;
They will run and not get tired;
They will walk and not become weary.