6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7. Who would not fear thee, O King of the Gentiles? for unto thee does it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the Gentiles and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8. But they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9. Silver spread into plates shall be brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, shall the workman work and the hands of the founder: they shall dress them in blue and purple: they are all the work of cunning men.
10. But the Lord God is the Truth, he himself is Living God and Everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the Gentiles shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens or the earth, even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.
12. He that makes the earth by his power, he that orders the world with his wisdom and extends the heavens with his intelligence:
13. at his voice, there is given a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes the lightnings with the rain and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
14. Every man is carnal in his knowledge: let every founder be ashamed of his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no spirit in them.
15. They are vanity and the work of scorn: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16. The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of the hosts is his name.
17. Gather up thy wares out of the lands, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18. For thus hath the Lord said, Behold, that this time I will throw out the inhabitants of the land with a sling and will afflict them, that they may find it.
19. Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous, but I said, Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it.