3
For the
customs of the
people are
vain: for one
cutteth a
tree out of the
forest, the
work of the
hands of the
workman, with the
axe.
r;[;Yim #e[ -yiK a.Wh l,b,h ~yiM;['h tw{QUx -yiK ? d'c][;M;B v'r'x -yed.y hef][;m w{t'r.K
4
They
deck it with
silver and with
gold; they
fasten it with
nails and with
hammers, that it
move not.
tw{b'Q;m.b.W tw{r.m.s;m.B .WheP;y.y b'h'z.b.W @,s,k.B ? qyip'y aw{l.w ~.Wq.Z;x.y
5
They are
upright as the palm
tree, but
speak not: they must
needs be
borne, because they cannot
go. Be not
afraid of them; for they cannot do
evil, neither also is it in them to do
good.
a.Wf'NIy aw{f'n .WreB;d.y a{l.w h'Meh h'v.qim r,m{t.K ? a{l -yiK ~,hem .Wa.ryiT -l;a .Wd'[.cIy a{l yiK ? ~'tw{a !yea byejyeh -m;g.w .W[er'y
6
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O
LORD; thou art
great, and thy
name is
great in
might.
'$.miv lw{d'g.w h'T;a lw{d'G h'wh.y '$w{m'K !yeaem ? h'r.Wb.giB
7
Who would not
fear thee, O
King of
nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the
wise men of the
nations, and in all their
kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
h't'a'y '$.l yiK ~Iyw{G;h .$,l,m '$]a'rIy a{l yim ? ~'t.Wk.l;m -l'k.b.W ~Iyw{G;h yem.k;x -l'k.b yiK ? '$w{m'K !yeaem
8
But they are
altogether brutish and
foolish: the
stock is a
doctrine of
vanities.
#e[ ~yil'b]h r;s.Wm .Wl's.kIy.w .Wr][.bIy t;x;a.b.W ? a.Wh
9
Silver spread into
plates is
brought from
Tarshish, and
gold from
Uphaz, the
work of the
workman, and of the
hands of the
founder:
blue and
purple is their
clothing: they are all the
work of
cunning men.
z'p.Waem b'h'z.w a'b.Wy vyiv.r;Tim ['QUr.m @,s,K ? !'m'G.r;a.w t,lek.T @erw{c yedyiw v'r'x hef][;m ? ~'LUK ~yim'k]x hef][;m ~'v.Wb.l