8. Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.
9. On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, `Lo, your God.'
10. Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
11. As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth.
12. Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?
13. Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him!
14. With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?
15. Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.
16. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
17. All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.
18. And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?
19. The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.
20. He who is poor [by] heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image--not moved.
21. Do ye not know--do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood [From] the foundations of the earth?
22. He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.
23. He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;