“In the time of my favor^(A) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;^(B)
I will keep^(C) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,^(D)
to restore the land^(E)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,^(F)

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”^[a](A)

⁶ “I, the Lord, have called^(A) you in righteousness;^(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(C)
I will keep^(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(E) for the people
    and a light^(F) for the Gentiles,^(G)

¹³ But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;^(A)
in your great love,^(B) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(A)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.

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)’”