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        Craftsmen decorate them with silver and gold
            and fasten them together with hammers and nails
                so that they won’t fall over.
These trees are like scarecrows in cucumber gardens.
    They aren’t able to speak.
    They have to be carried, because they can’t walk.
    Don’t be afraid of them.
    They can’t harm you.
    They can’t do you any good either.

No one is like you, O Yahweh.
    You are great.
    Your name is powerful.

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They adorn it with silver(A) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.(B)
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;(C)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.(D)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm(E)
    nor can they do any good.”(F)

No one is like you,(G) Lord;
    you are great,(H)
    and your name is mighty in power.

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