^{3 Ref} For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

^{4 Ref} They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

^{5 Ref} They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."

^{6 Ref} There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might.

^{7 Ref} Who should not fear you, King of the nations? for to you does it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.

^{8 Ref} But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

^{9 Ref} There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.