See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Save us, O Jehovah our God,\par\tab And gather us from among the nations,\par\tab To give thanks unto thy holy name,\par\tab And to triumph in thy praise.
{\cf6 {\b The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,\par\tab Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor:\par\tab He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,\par\tab And recovering of sight to the blind,\par\tab To set at liberty them that are bruised,}
And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {\i thus}, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed {\i to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
And he hath lifted up the horn of his people,\par\tab The praise of all his saints;\par\tab Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.\par\tab Praise ye Jehovah.
{\b For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?}\par\par\tab Save me, O God, by thy name,\par\tab And judge me in thy might.
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, {\i saying}, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.\par