⁴⁰ I lift my hand^(A) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,^(B)

²⁶ So he swore^(A) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,^(B)

²⁰ Such a person feeds on ashes;^(A) a deluded^(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(C)”