⁷ Because the Sovereign Lord^(A) helps^(B) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(C)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(D)

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard;^(A)
    consider its ways and be wise!
⁷ It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer^(B)
    and gathers its food at harvest.^(C)