They have hands, but cannot feel; feet, but cannot walk, nor utter a sound with their throat.
Halleluyah! Happy is the man who fears Adonai, who delights greatly in His mitzvot.
Let God’s high praises be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand—
They lavish gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith so he makes a god. They bow down. Yes, they worship it.
You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed by idols that cannot speak, and you got led astray.
But when the Ashdodites arose early next morning, to everyone’s surprise, Dagon had fallen to his face on the ground before the ark of Adonai. So they took Dagon up and put him back in his place.