¹² “I, even I, am He ^(A)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
^(B)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made ^(C)like grass?
¹³ And ^(D)you forget the Lord your Maker,
^(E)Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
^(F)And where is the fury of the oppressor?
¹⁴ The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed,
^(G)That he should not die in the pit,
And that his bread should not fail.