³ Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,^(A)
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,^(B)
or like smoke from a window.^(C)

⁴ I have been the Lord your God^(D)
ever since^[a] the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,^(E)
and no Savior exists besides me.^(F)
5 I knew^[b] you in the wilderness,^(G)
in the land of drought.