¹⁷ Show me a sign of your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped and comforted me.^(A)

40 “Comfort, comfort my people,”^(A)
says your God.

¹³ But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.^(A)
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?^(B)