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Who has ^(C1)measured the ^(F1)waters in the hollow of His hand, And measured the heavens with a ^(F2)span, And ^(F3)calculated the dust of the earth with a measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?

^(C1)Who has ^(F1)directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His ^(C2)counselor has informed Him?

^(C1)With whom did He consult and who ^(C2)gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge, And informed Him of the way of understanding?

Behold, the ^(C1)nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of ^(C2)dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the ^(F1)islands like fine dust.

Even Lebanon is not enough to ^(F1)burn, Nor its ^(C1)animals enough for a burnt offering.

^(C1)All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and ^(F1)meaningless.

^(C1)To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

As for the ^(F1)(C1)idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith ^(C2)plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a ^(C1)tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To ^(F1)prepare ^(F2)an idol that ^(C2)will not totter.

^(C1)Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood ^(C2)from the foundations of the earth?

It is He who ^(F1)sits above the ^(F2)(C1)circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like ^(C2)grasshoppers, Who ^(C3)stretches out the heavens like a ^(C4)curtain And spreads them out like a ^(C5)tent to live in.

It is He who reduces ^(C1)rulers to nothing, Who ^(C2)makes the judges of the earth ^(F1)meaningless.

^(F1)Scarcely have they been planted, ^(F1)Scarcely have they been sown, ^(F1)Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the ^(C1)storm carries them away like stubble.

"^(C1)To whom then will you compare Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.

^(C1)Raise your eyes on high And see ^(C2)who has created these stars, The ^(C3)One who brings out their ^(F1)multitude by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the ^(C4)greatness of His might and the ^(F2)strength of His power, ^(C5)Not one of them is missing.

^(C1)Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel, "My way is ^(C2)hidden from the LORD, And the ^(C3)justice due me ^(F1)escapes the notice of ^(C4)my God"?

^(C1)Do you not know? Have you not heard? The ^(C2)Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is ^(C3)unsearchable.

He gives strength to the ^(C1)weary, And to the one who lacks might He ^(C2)increases power.

Though ^(C1)youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous ^(C2)young men stumble badly,

Yet those who ^(F1)wait for the LORD Will ^(C1)gain new strength; They will ^(F2)(C2)mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.