17. Compared to the Lord all the nations are worth nothing.To him they are less than nothing.
18. Can you compare God to anything?Can you compare him to an image of anything?
19. An idol is formed by a man.And another man covers it with gold.And he makes silver chains for it.
20. A poor man cannot buy those expensive statues.So he finds a tree that will not rot.And he finds a skilled workmanto make it into an idol that will not fall over.
21. Surely you know. Surely you have heard.Surely in the beginning someone told you.Surely you understand how the earth was created.
22. God sits on his throne above the circle of the earth.And compared to him, people are like grasshoppers.He stretches out the skies like a piece of cloth.He spreads them out like a tent to sit under.
23. He makes rulers unimportant.He makes the judges of this world worth nothing.
24. They are like plants that are placed in the ground.They are like seeds that are planted.As soon as they begin to grow strong,he blows on them and they die.The wind blows them away like chaff.
25. God, the Holy One, says, “Can you compare me to anyone?Is anyone equal to me?”