8  But you, Israel, ^ymy servant,

Jacob, ^zwhom I have chosen,

the offspring of Abraham, ^amy friend;

9  you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

and called ^bfrom its farthest corners,

saying to you, “You are ^ymy servant,

^zI have chosen you and not cast you off”;

10  fear not, for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

I will uphold you with ^cmy righteous right hand.

11  ^dBehold, all who are incensed against you

shall be put to shame and confounded;

those who strive against you

shall be as nothing and shall perish.

12  ^eYou shall seek those who contend with you,

but you shall not find them;

^fthose who war against you

shall be as nothing at all.

13  For I, the Lord your God,

hold your right hand;

it is I who say to you, “Fear not,

I am the one who helps you.”

14  Fear not, you ^gworm Jacob,

you men of Israel!

I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;

your ^hRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15  ⁱBehold, I make of you a threshing sledge,

new, sharp, and having teeth;

you shall thresh ^jthe mountains and crush them,

and you shall make the hills like chaff;

16  ^kyou shall winnow them, and ^lthe wind shall carry them away,

and the tempest shall scatter them.

^mAnd you shall rejoice in the Lord;

in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

17  ⁿWhen the poor and needy seek water,

and there is none,

and their tongue is parched with thirst,

I the Lord will answer them;

I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

18  ^oI will open rivers on the bare heights,

and fountains in the midst of the valleys.

^pI will make the wilderness a pool of water,

and the dry land springs of water.

19  ^qI will put in the wilderness the cedar,

the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.

I will set in the desert ^rthe cypress,

the plane and the pine together,

20  that they may see and know,

may consider and understand together,

that ^sthe hand of the Lord has done this,

the Holy One of Israel has created it.

1  Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,

all ^ythe hardships he endured,

2  how he swore to the Lord

and ^zvowed to ^athe Mighty One of Jacob,

3  “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4  I will not ^bgive sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5  until I ^cfind a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for ^athe Mighty One of Jacob.”

6  Behold, we heard of it in ^dEphrathah;

we found it in ^ethe fields of Jaar.

7  “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us ^fworship at his ^gfootstool!”

8  ^hArise, O Lord, and go to your ⁱresting place,

you and the ark of your ^jmight.

9  Let your ^kpriests be ^lclothed with righteousness,

and let your ^msaints shout for joy.

10  For the sake of your servant David,

ⁿdo not turn away the face of ^oyour anointed one.

11  ^pThe Lord swore to David a sure oath

^qfrom which he will not turn back:

^r“One of the sons of your body¹

I will set on your throne.

12  If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall ^ssit on your throne.”

13  For the Lord has ^tchosen Zion;

he has ^udesired it for his dwelling place:

14  “This is my ^vresting place forever;

here I will ^wdwell, for I have desired it.

15  I will abundantly ^xbless her provisions;

I will ^ysatisfy her poor with bread.

16  Her ^zpriests I will clothe with salvation,

and her ^zsaints will shout for joy.

17  There I will make ^aa horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared ^ba lamp for ^cmy anointed.

18  His enemies I will ^dclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”