“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(E)

²³ By myself I have sworn,^(A)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(B)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(C)
Before me every knee will bow;^(D)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(E)

¹³ To fear the Lord^(A) is to hate evil;^(B)
    I hate^(C) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

⁶ And the words of the Lord are flawless,^(A)
    like silver purified^(B) in a crucible,^(C)
    like gold^[a] refined seven times.

⁵ They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.^(A)