¹¹ “Whom have you so dreaded and feared^(A)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered^(B) me
    nor taken this to heart?^(C)
Is it not because I have long been silent^(D)
    that you do not fear me?

¹² “I, even I, am he who comforts^(A) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(B) mere mortals,^(C)
    human beings who are but grass,^(D)
13 that you forget^(E) the Lord your Maker,^(F)
    who stretches out the heavens^(G)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(H) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(I)