She replied, &#8220;In that case,<n id="1" /> let the king invoke the name of<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!&#8221; He replied, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, not a single hair of your son&#8217;s head<n id="3" /> will fall to the ground.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Shout for joy, O sky, for the <sc>Lordsc> intervenes;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">shout out, you subterranean regions<n id="2" /> of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">O mountains, give a joyful shout;p> <p class="poetry">you too, O forest and all your trees!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> protects<n id="4" /> Jacob;p> <p class="poetry">he reveals his splendor through Israel.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the protector<n id="1" /> of Israel, their Holy One,<n id="2" /> saysp> <p class="poetry">to the one who is despised<n id="3" /> and rejected<n id="4" /> by nations,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">a servant of rulers:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Kings will see and rise in respect,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">princes will bow down,p> <p class="poetry">because of the faithful <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Twist and strain,<n id="1" /> Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor!p> <p class="poetry">For you will leave the cityp> <p class="poetry">and live in the open field.p> <p class="poetry">You will go to Babylon,p> <p class="poetry">but there you will be rescued.p> <p class="poetry">There the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver<n id="2" /> youp> <p class="poetry">from the power<n id="3" /> of your enemies.p>