⁴ Even to your old age and gray hairs^(A)
    I am he,^(B) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain^(C) you and I will rescue you.

⁵ “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?^(D)
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith^(E) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.^(F)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry^(G) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.^(H)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;^(I)
    it cannot save^(J) them from their troubles.

⁸ “Remember^(K) this, keep it in mind,
    take it to heart, you rebels.^(L)
9 Remember the former things,^(M) those of long ago;^(N)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.^(O)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,^(P)
    from ancient times,^(Q) what is still to come.^(R)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(S)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(T) a bird of prey;^(U)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(V) that I will do.^(W)
12 Listen^(X) to me, you stubborn-hearted,^(Y)
    you who are now far from my righteousness.^(Z)
13 I am bringing my righteousness^(AA) near,
    it is not far away;
    and my salvation^(AB) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,^(AC)
    my splendor^(AD) to Israel.