5 Indeed, the power and beauty of nature should convince us that their Creator is even more powerful and beautiful.
6 On the other hand, these people are not entirely to blame for taking the wrong path in their desire to know and to find you.
7 It is to be expected that while searching, they would learn to trust the beautiful things they were seeing.
8 However, this is no excuse,
9 because if they possessed the ability to examine the universe, why did it take them so long to find you, the Lord of the universe?
10 Some people are miserable because they have set their hopes either on lifeless idols crafted in the shape of animals from gold and silver, or else on some old pieces of worthless stone.
11 A woodcutter may saw down a small tree, then peel off the bark and skillfully make something worthwhile from the wood.