21 aDo you not know? Have you not heard?

Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?

Have you not understood bfrom the foundations of the earth?

22 It is He who 1sits above the 2acircle of the earth,

And its inhabitants are like bgrasshoppers,

Who cstretches out the heavens like a dcurtain

And spreads them out like a etent to dwell in.

23 He it is who reduces arulers to nothing,

Who bmakes the judges of the earth 1meaningless.

24 1Scarcely have they been planted,

1Scarcely have they been sown,

1Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,

But He merely blows on them, and they wither,

And the astorm carries them away like stubble.

25 “aTo whom then will you liken Me

That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.

26 aLift up your eyes on high

And see bwho has created these stars,

The cOne who leads forth their host by number,

He calls them all by name;

Because of the dgreatness of His might and the 1strength of His power,

eNot one of them is missing.

27 aWhy do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,

“My way is bhidden from the Lord,

And the cjustice due me 1escapes the notice of dmy God”?

28 aDo you not know? Have you not heard?

The bEverlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is cinscrutable.

29 He gives strength to the aweary,

And to him who lacks might He bincreases power.

30 Though ayouths grow weary and tired,

And vigorous byoung men stumble badly,

31 Yet those who 1wait for the Lord

Will again new strength;

They will 2bmount up with 3wings like eagles,

They will run and not get tired,

They will walk and not become weary.