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Who would not fear you,
    O King of the nations?
    This is your due.
Of all the wisest men in the nations
    and throughout all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.
They are all senseless and foolish,
    and the idols they venerate are nothing but wood,
adorned with beaten silver from Tarshish
    and gold from Ophir.
Their idols are the work of craftsmen and goldsmiths
    and clothed with violet and purple;
    all of them are the product of skilled workers.

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Who should not fear(A) you,
    King of the nations?(B)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

They are all senseless(C) and foolish;(D)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(E)
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(F)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(G)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

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