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He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young. (40:11) 80 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? (40:12) Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him? (40:13) With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? (40:14) Behold, the nations [are] as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing (40:15) And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering (40:16) All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity (40:17) To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? (40:18) The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains (40:19) He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved (40:20) Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? (40:21) [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (40:22) That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity (40:23) Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble (40:24) To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One (40:25) Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth (40:26) Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? (40:27) Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding (40:28) He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength (40:29) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (40:30) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint
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