⁹ All who make idols^(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.^(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;^(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.^(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,^(E)
    which can profit nothing?^(F)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;^(G)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.^(H)

³ For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)
4 They adorn it with silver^(C) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.^(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(E)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(F)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(G)
    nor can they do any good.”^(H)

⁶ No one is like you,^(I) Lord;
    you are great,^(J)
    and your name is mighty in power.
⁷ Who should not fear^(K) you,
    King of the nations?^(L)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

⁸ They are all senseless^(M) and foolish;^(N)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.^(O)
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(P)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(Q)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.
¹⁰ But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,^(R) the eternal King.^(S)
When he is angry,^(T) the earth trembles;^(U)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.^(V)

⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)