2 I will ^(A)take my stand at my watchpost
    and station myself on the tower,
and ^(B)look out to see ^(C)what he will say to me,
    and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

^(D)“Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
³ For still ^(E)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^(F)wait for it;
    ^(G)it will surely come; it will not delay.

⁴ “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but ^(H)the righteous shall live by his faith.^[a]