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he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
24
For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
25
Now then to whom have ye compared me, that I may be exalted? saith the Holy One.
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Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped thee.
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For say not thou, O Jacob, and why hast thou spoken, Israel, , My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away judgement, and has departed?
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.