3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless.

Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;

it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

4 He decorates it with silver and gold.b

It is fastened with hammer and nails,c

so it won’t totter.

5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,

their idols cannot speak.d

They must be carriede because they cannot walk.

Do not fear them for they can do no harmf—

and they cannot do any good.g

6 Lord, there is no one like you.h

You are great;

your name is great in power.i

7 Who should not fear you,

King of the nations?j

It is what you deserve.

For among all the wise people of the nations

and among all their kingdoms,

there is no one like you.

8 They are both stupid and foolish,

instructed by worthless idols

made of wood!

9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshishk

and gold from Uphaz.B,l

The work of a craftsman

and of a goldsmith’s hands

is clothed in blue and purple,

all the work of skilled artisans.

10 But the Lord is the true God;m

he is the living Godn and eternal King.o

The earth quakes at his wrath,p

and the nations cannot endure his fury.

11 You are to say this to them: “The gods that did not make the heavensq and the earth will perish from the earthr and from under these heavens.”C

12 He made the earth by his power,

established the worlds by his wisdom,t

and spread out the heavens by his understanding.u

13 When he thunders,D

the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,v

and he causes the clouds to rise

from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.w

14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.

Every goldsmith is put to shame

by his carved image,x

for his cast images are a lie;y

there is no breath in them.z