² Surely God is my salvation;^(A)
    I will trust^(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(C) is my strength^(D) and my defense^[a];
    he has become my salvation.^(E)”

¹¹ Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(A)
    her priests teach for a price,^(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(C)
Yet they look^(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(E)

²⁶     total darkness^(A) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire^(B) unfanned will consume him^(C)
    and devour what is left in his tent.^(D)

¹¹ He made darkness his covering,^(A) his canopy^(B) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.

³ When I am afraid,^(A) I put my trust in you.^(B)

²⁰ Guard my life^(A) and rescue me;^(B)
    do not let me be put to shame,^(C)
    for I take refuge^(D) in you.

¹⁷ I will wait^(A) for the Lord,
    who is hiding^(B) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.^(C)

“I will put my trust in him.”^[a](A)

“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”^[b](B)