² He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.^(A)

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth
    and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out^[a] the heavens
    and laying the foundations of the earth
    and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”^(A)

⁵ Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have killed them by the words of my mouth,
    and my^[a] judgment goes forth as the light.^(A)

⁴ The Lord God has given me
    a trained tongue,^[a]
that I may know how to sustain
    the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens,
    wakens my ear
    to listen as those who are taught.^(A)

⁴ but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
    and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.^(A)