²³ deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
    rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?^(A)

²¹ “I will save^(A) you from the hands of the wicked^(B)
    and deliver^(C) you from the grasp of the cruel.”^(D)

² Let the redeemed^(A) of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(A)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(B)

⁷ No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(B)

²⁰ In famine^(A) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.^(B)