Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth rescue their people out of my hand?

Now then, let not Hezekiah deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not, for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers; therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand.

And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Hezekiah shall by no means deliver His people out of my hand.

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them! Shall I not go and kill him, and remove this day [this] reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

And he has run against Him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

Why has the wicked provoked God? For he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness; they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.

Therefore shall my people return here, and full days shall be found with them.

Oh that You would slay the wicked, O God. Depart from me, you men of blood!

For you will say concerning [their] thoughts, [that] they shall take your cities in vain.

But I have chosen Jerusalem that My name should be there; and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

For the end, among the Hymns, A Psalm of Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

And His place has been in peace, and His dwelling place in Zion.

but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved.

A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Korah. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

Glorious things have been spoken of you, O city of God. Pause.

For the Lord has elected Zion, He has chosen her for a habitation for Himself, [saying],

This is My rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it.

And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Zion, and by Him the poor of the people shall be saved.

But you have come to Zion, to the Mountain and city of the living God, to a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

And there you shall serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which cannot see, nor can they hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Cursed [is] the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.

they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.

And the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made.

and have cast their idols into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.

Half of it he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.

They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.

Know that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul; see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.

And I will speak to them in judgment concerning all their iniquity, [forasmuch] as they have forsaken Me, and sacrificed to strange gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

[brought] from Tarshish, gold will come from Uphaz, and the work of goldsmiths. [They are] all the works of craftsmen, they will clothe themselves with blue and scarlet.

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah alone did evil in My sight from their youth.

Cast off your calf, O Samaria; My anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?

Seeing the workman made it, and it is not God; for your calf, O Samaria, was a deceiver.