²⁶ And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;

¹⁸ so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.^(A)

² in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began^(A)—

⁶ The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,