¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth^(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(B)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(D)’”

⁵ Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(A)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a](B)

⁴ The Sovereign Lord^(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.^(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(E)

⁴ but with righteousness^(A) he will judge the needy,^(B)
    with justice^(C) he will give decisions for the poor^(D) of the earth.
He will strike^(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(F)
    with the breath^(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(H)