¹⁹ He fulfills the desires^(A) of those who fear him;^(B)
    he hears their cry^(C) and saves them.^(D)

²² For the Lord is our judge,^(A)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,^(B)
the Lord is our king;^(C)
    it is he who will save^(D) us.

⁴ say^(A) to those with fearful hearts,^(B)
    “Be strong, do not fear;^(C)
your God will come,^(D)
    he will come with vengeance;^(E)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save^(F) you.”

¹¹ I, even I, am the Lord,^(A)
    and apart from me there is no savior.^(B)

¹⁵ Truly you are a God who has been hiding^(A) himself,
    the God and Savior^(B) of Israel.

²¹ Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(A) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(B)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(C)
a righteous God^(D) and a Savior;^(E)
    there is none but me.

“Yes, captives^(A) will be taken from warriors,^(B)
    and plunder retrieved from the fierce;^(C)
I will contend with those who contend with you,^(D)
    and your children I will save.^(E)
26 I will make your oppressors^(F) eat^(G) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,^(H) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know^(I)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(J)
    your Redeemer,^(K) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(L)”