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“Can you compare me to anyone?
    No one is equal to me or like me.
Some people are rich with gold.
    They weigh their silver on the scales.
They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god.
    Then they bow down and worship it.
They put it on their shoulders and carry it.
    They set it in its place, and there it stands.
    It cannot move from its place.
People may yell at it, but it cannot answer.
    It cannot save people from their troubles.

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“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(A)
Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(B) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(C)
They lift it to their shoulders and carry(D) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.(E)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(F)
    it cannot save(G) them from their troubles.

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