³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(A)

⁹ For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,^(A) and it stood firm.

¹⁰ The Lord foils^(B) the plans^(C) of the nations;^(D)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(E) forever,
    the purposes^(F) of his heart through all generations.

¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,^(A)
    from ancient times,^(B) what is still to come.^(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’

⁹ In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps.^(A)

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(A)