¹⁶ Answer me, O Lord, for your ^(A)steadfast love is good;
    according to your abundant ^(B)mercy, ^(C)turn to me.

²⁹ “Lord, now you are letting your servant^[a] depart ^(B)in peace,
    ^(C)according to your word;
³⁰ for ^(D)my eyes have seen your ^(E)salvation
^{31     (F)}that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
^32 (G)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and ^(H)for glory to ^(I)your people Israel.”

^4 (A)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[a]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(B)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.