²³ Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills^(A)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation^(B) of Israel.

²⁰ Our God is a God who saves;^(A)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(B)

²⁶ The Lord Almighty will lash^(A) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(B) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(C) over the waters,^(D)
    as he did in Egypt.

²¹ He changes times and seasons;^(A)
    he deposes^(B) kings and raises up others.^(C)
He gives wisdom^(D) to the wise
    and knowledge to the discerning.^(E)

²² He reveals deep and hidden things;^(A)
    he knows what lies in darkness,^(B)
    and light^(C) dwells with him.