²⁶ Many seek an audience with a ruler,^(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.^(B)

⁶ Many curry favor with a ruler,^(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.^(B)

⁹ Lord, give victory to the king!
    Answer us^(A) when we call!

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

³⁵ All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.^(A)
He does as he pleases^(B)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back^(C) his hand^(D)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”^(E)

⁹ Remember the former things,^(A) those of long ago;^(B)
    I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me.^(C)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,^(D)
    from ancient times,^(E) what is still to come.^(F)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,^(G)
    and I will do all that I please.’
¹¹ From the east I summon^(H) a bird of prey;^(I)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,^(J) that I will do.^(K)

⁷ When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace^(A) with them.^(B)