²⁹ And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.

¹⁹ God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?

¹⁴ I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.

² In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

¹⁸ So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

¹³ If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

¹³ I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

¹⁶ Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.

²⁴ Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

¹¹ And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

³⁵ O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

¹¹ The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.

¹¹ Yours, O Lord, is the strength and the power and the glory, and the authority and the honour: for everything in heaven and on earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are lifted up as head over all.

²⁷ The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.

²⁸ Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you:

²⁹ Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,