¹⁹ In times of disaster they will not wither;
    in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

²³ Kings^(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.^(B)
They will bow down^(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust^(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;^(E)
    those who hope^(F) in me will not be disappointed.^(G)”

⁷ Because the Sovereign Lord^(A) helps^(B) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(C)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(D)

⁴ “Do not be afraid;^(A) you will not be put to shame.^(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(D)
    and remember no more the reproach^(E) of your widowhood.^(F)

²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(A)
    and you will praise^(B) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(C) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(D)
27 Then you will know^(E) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(F) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(G)

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^[a](A)

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
    a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(A)
and the one who trusts in him
    will never be put to shame.”^[a](B)