²⁶ I said I would scatter^(A) them
    and erase their name from human memory,^(B)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand^(C)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”^(D)

⁹ For my own name’s sake^(A) I delay my wrath;^(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.^(C)