Their idols [are] silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.

Whoever [is] too impoverished for [such] a contribution Chooses a tree [that] will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image [that] will not totter.

Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother, "Be of good courage!"

The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.

They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it And set it in its place, and it stands; From its place it shall not move. Though [one] cries out to it, yet it cannot answer Nor save him out of his trouble.