⁷ Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous^(A) will your future be.^(B)

⁸ The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
    and patience^(A) is better than pride.

²² The blessing of the Lord^(A) brings wealth,^(B)
    without painful toil for it.^(C)

¹³ Our barns will be filled^(A)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;
¹⁴     our oxen^(B) will draw heavy loads.^[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,^(C)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.^(D)
15 Blessed is the people^(E) of whom this is true;
    blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.