Study Desk

^(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.