⁴ How can we sing ^(G)the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?

¹⁶ I heard, and my ^[a]inner parts ^(A)trembled;
At the sound, my lips quivered.
Decay enters my ^(B)bones,
And in my place I tremble;
Because I ^[b]must ^(C)wait quietly for the day of distress,
^[c]For the ^(D)people to arise who will attack us.
¹⁷ Even if the ^(E)fig tree does not blossom,
And there is no ^[d]fruit on the vines,
If the yield of the ^(F)olive fails,
And the fields produce no food,
Even if the ^(G)flock disappears from the fold,
And there are ^(H)no cattle in the stalls,
¹⁸ Yet I will ^(I)triumph in the Lord,
I will ^(J)rejoice in the ^(K)God of my salvation.