^{15 Ref} He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

^{16 Ref} when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

^{17 Ref} Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

^{18 Ref} They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

^{19 Ref} The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.