22. He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,and its people are like grasshoppers.He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23. He brings princes to naughtand reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
24. No sooner are they planted,no sooner are they sown,no sooner do they take root in the ground,than he blows on them and they wither,and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
25. ‘To whom will you compare me?Or who is my equal?’ says the Holy One.
26. Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:who created all these?He who brings out the starry host one by oneand calls forth each of them by name.Because of his great power and mighty strength,not one of them is missing.
27. Why do you complain, Jacob?Why do you say, Israel,‘My way is hidden from the Lord;my cause is disregarded by my God’?