“Surely, as I have planned,^(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(C)

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(A)

¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(E) a bird of prey;^(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(G) that I will do.^(H)

¹³ “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?^(A)
    He does whatever he pleases.^(B)