Rotherham(i)
19 The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And, a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it,––And, chains of silver, he worketh.
20 The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice,––A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself, to construct an image that shall not totter!
21 Have ye never taken note? Have ye never heard? Hath it not, from the beginning, been told you? Have ye not been led to discern, from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
23 Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,––Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made:
24 Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely hath their stock, begun to take root in the earth, When he hath just blown upon them, and they have withered, And, a whirlwind, as though they had been chaff, carrieth them away.
25 Unto whom, then, can ye liken me, or can I be equal? Saith the Holy One.
26 Lift on high, your eyes––and see, who, hath created these, That bringeth forth, by number, their host,––To all of them, by name, doth call, Because of the abundance of vigour and alertness of strength, not one, is missing!
27 Wherefore, shouldest thou, say, O Jacob, or, speak, O Israel,––Hidden, is my path from Yahweh, And, from my God, my vindication, will pass? 28 Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That, The God of age–past time––Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither groweth weary––There is no, searching of his understanding: 29 Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound? 30 Youths, both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors––they fall, they fall; 31 But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion, like eagles,––They shall run, and not grow weary, They shall walk, and not faint.
27 Wherefore, shouldest thou, say, O Jacob, or, speak, O Israel,––Hidden, is my path from Yahweh, And, from my God, my vindication, will pass? 28 Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That, The God of age–past time––Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither groweth weary––There is no, searching of his understanding: 29 Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound? 30 Youths, both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors––they fall, they fall; 31 But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion, like eagles,––They shall run, and not grow weary, They shall walk, and not faint.