Declare and bring near; yea, let them consult together. Who has heard this of old; who has told it from then? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is not a god besides, except Me, a just God and a Savior; there is not one except Me.
O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, Our fathers have inherited only lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.
The Hope of Israel is Jehovah; all who forsake You shall be ashamed. Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the Fountain of living waters.
All who have found them have devoured them. And their oppressing ones said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, and the hope of their fathers, Jehovah.
And Jehovah roars from Zion, and He gives His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens and the earth quake. But Jehovah is a refuge for His people and a fortress to the sons of Israel.
And he lifted up his eyes and saw the man, one sojourning, in a broad place of the city. And the old man said, Where are you going, and where do you come from?