¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret,^(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;^(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,^(C)
    ‘Seek^(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.^(E)

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;^(C)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord^(D) has sent^(E) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.^(F)

¹⁹ God is not human,^(A) that he should lie,^(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.^(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise^(D) and not fulfill?
²⁰ I have received a command to bless;^(E)
    he has blessed,^(F) and I cannot change it.^(G)

“Seek^(A) me and live;^(B)

⁵ “Every word of God is flawless;^(A)
    he is a shield^(B) to those who take refuge in him.

⁸ The Lord detests the sacrifice^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.^(C)

⁷ The works of his hands^(A) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.^(B)
8 They are established for ever^(C) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.