¹ I love the Lord because he has heard
    my voice and my supplications.^(A)

² The Lord is my strength and my might,^[a]
    and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him;
    my father’s God, and I will exalt him.^(A)

⁸ Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor I have answered you;
    on a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
    as a covenant to the people,^[a]
to establish the land,
    to apportion the desolate heritages,^(A)

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.^(A)