²³ By myself I have sworn,^(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(C)
Before me every knee will bow;^(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(E)

“‘As surely as I live,’^(A) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
    every tongue will acknowledge God.’”^[a](B)

“To him who sits on the throne^(B) and to the Lamb^(C)
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”^(D)