²⁷ I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(A)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(B) within me!

¹⁷ “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?^(A)
    How often does calamity^(B) come upon them,
    the fate God allots in his anger?^(C)

² “Dominion and awe belong to God;^(A)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.^(B)

¹³ “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:^(A)

² For what is our lot^(A) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?^(B)

⁵ Who is like the Lord our God,^(A)
    the One who sits enthroned^(B) on high,^(C)

⁵ The Lord is exalted,^(A) for he dwells on high;^(B)
    he will fill Zion with his justice^(C) and righteousness.^(D)

¹⁵ For this is what the high and exalted^(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(D) and lowly in spirit,^(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(F)

⁴ Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,^(A)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard^(B) on high.