^{21 Ref} Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

^{22 Ref} `It is' he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

^{23 Ref} that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

^{24 Ref} Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

^{25 Ref} To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal `to him'? saith the Holy One.

^{26 Ref} Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.