17 Before him all the nations are as nothing;they are regarded by him as worthlessand less than nothing.
18 With whom, then, will you compare God?To what image will you liken him?
19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,and a goldsmith overlays it with goldand fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offeringselects wood that will not rot;they look for a skilled workerto set up an idol that will not topple.
21 Do you not know?Have you not heard?Has it not been told you from the beginning?Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,and its people are like grasshoppers.He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23 He brings princes to naughtand reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.