¹² “I, even I, am He ^(A)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
^(B)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made ^(C)like grass?
¹³ And ^(D)you forget the Lord your Maker,
^(E)Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
^(F)And where is the fury of the oppressor?

⁷ “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people ^(A)in whose heart is My law:
^(B)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
⁸ For ^(C)the moth will eat them up like a garment,
And the worm will eat them like wool;
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation from generation to generation.”