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20 For the base he chooses special wood,
    a kind of wood that will not rot.
Then he finds a good wood worker,
    and the worker makes a “god” that will not fall over.
21 Surely you know the truth, don’t you?
    Surely you have heard.
    Surely someone told you long ago.
    Surely you understand who made the earth.
22 It is the Lord who sits above the circle of the earth.
    And compared to him, people are like grasshoppers.
He rolled open the skies like a piece of cloth.
    He stretched out the skies like a tent to sit under.

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20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(A) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(B) that will not topple.(C)

21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(D)
Has it not been told(E) you from the beginning?(F)
    Have you not understood(G) since the earth was founded?(H)
22 He sits enthroned(I) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.(J)
He stretches out the heavens(K) like a canopy,(L)
    and spreads them out like a tent(M) to live in.(N)

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