¹¹ The Lord will guide^(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(B) in a sun-scorched land^(C)
    and will strengthen^(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(E)
    like a spring^(F) whose waters never fail.

²² For the Lord is our judge,^(A)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,^(B)
the Lord is our king;^(C)
    it is he who will save^(D) us.

“As a lion^(A) growls,
    a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds^(B)
    is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
    or disturbed by their clamor^(C)—
so the Lord Almighty will come down^(D)
    to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
⁵ Like birds hovering^(E) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield^(F) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver^(G) it,
    he will ‘pass over’^(H) it and will rescue it.”

“My people who live in Zion,^(A)
    do not be afraid^(B) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(C) you with a rod^(D)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵ Very soon^(E) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(F) will be directed to their destruction.^(G)”

¹⁰ to the One who gives victory to kings,^(A)
    who delivers his servant David.^(B)

From the deadly sword^(C)