¹⁵ Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;^(A)
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.^(B)
16 Lebanon^(C) is not sufficient for altar fires,
    nor its animals^(D) enough for burnt offerings.
¹⁷ Before him all the nations^(E) are as nothing;^(F)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.^(G)

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

²⁸ Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(A)
The Lord is the everlasting^(B) God,
    the Creator^(C) of the ends of the earth.^(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,^(E)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.^(F)