<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will rescue the descendants of Jacob.p> <p class="poetry">He will secure their release<n id="1" /> from those who had overpowered them.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>, Israel&#8217;s king, says,p> <p class="poetry">their protector,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am the first and I am the last,p> <p class="poetry">there is no God but me.p>