^4 (A)Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;

¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;

^26 (A)Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’?
Surely there is no one who shows,
Surely there is no one who declares,
Surely there is no one who hears your words.

^28 (A)For I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

^7 (A)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(B)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

⁵ They are upright, like a palm tree,
And ^(A)they cannot speak;
They must be ^(B)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For ^(C)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”