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Everyone helps his neighbor.
    They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
    He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
    saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
    and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

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    they help each other
    and say to their companions, “Be strong!(A)
The metalworker(B) encourages the goldsmith,(C)
    and the one who smooths with the hammer
    spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
    The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.(D)

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