²¹ I thank you that ^(A)you have answered me
    ^(B)and have become my salvation.

116 I ^(A)love the Lord, because he has ^(B)heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.

^2 (A)The Lord is my strength and my ^(B)song,
    and he has become ^(C)my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
    ^(D)my father's God, and ^(E)I will exalt him.

⁸ Thus says the Lord:
^(A)“In a ^(B)time of favor I have answered you;
    in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you ^(C)and give you
    as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
    ^(D)to apportion the desolate heritages,