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when I am afraid,
    in you I place my trust.

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I

Put no trust in princes,
    in children of Adam powerless to save.(A)

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II

Blessed the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord, his God,

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An Oracle. Then he said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit,[a](A) says the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Not by might…my spirit: one of the most quoted verses from the Old Testament, particularly in Jewish tradition, which connects it with the theme of Hanukkah, sometimes called the Festival of Lights.