Thomson(i)
19 Hath a carpenter when he hath made an image, or the goldsmith when he hath melted gold and gilded it, prepared this as a likeness of him?
20 for the carpenter chuseth a sound piece of timber and will inquire wisely, how he may place his image that it may not be moved.
21 Will you not know? will you not hear? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not known the foundations of the earth?
22 He it is, who occupieth the circuit of the earth; and the inhabitants thereon are as grasshoppers. He it is, who established the heaven as an arch, and spread it out as a tent to be dwelt in;
23 who giveth chiefs as a nothingness to govern: and hath made the earth as a mere nothing.
24 For they could not plant nor could they sow, nor could their root strike into the ground; he blew upon them and they withered, and a whirlwind will sweep them away like stubble.
25 Now therefore to whom have you likened me; that I may be exalted? said the Holy One.
26 Raise your eyes upwards and take a view: who hath displayed all those? He who bringeth out his host by number can call them all by name. On the account of abundant glory, by reason of the mightiness of his power he hath in no wise escaped thy notice;
27 wherefore, thou, Jacob, shouldst not say, yet what hast thou, Israel, spoken? "My way is hidden from God" and, "My God hath put off my cause and is gone."
28 Hast thou then not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, the God who fitted up the ends of the earth, cannot hunger, nor can he be weary; nor can his under standing be searched out.
29 He it is who giveth strength to the hungry and grief to them who have not had sorrow.
30 For youths will hunger and young men be weary, and chosen warriors will become strengthless;
31 but they who wait upon God shall have new strength; they shall put forth fresh feathers like eagles; they shall run and not be wearied; they shall march on and shall not faint.