³ For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)
4 They adorn it with silver^(C) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.^(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(E)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(F)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(G)
    nor can they do any good.”^(H)

¹³ Lord, you are the hope^(A) of Israel;
    all who forsake^(B) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust^(C)
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.^(D)