³ For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

¹² And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow.

⁷ The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

⁸ But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

¹⁷ Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

¹⁸ But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

¹⁵ With your arm you have made your people free, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah.)

¹² He who made the arm of his glory go at the right hand of Moses, by whom the waters were parted before them, to make himself an eternal name;

⁶ This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

² You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

³ And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

¹⁰ And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

¹¹ Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

¹² It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

¹³ Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.

¹⁴ What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.

¹⁵ For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.

⁷ But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

¹¹ Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

¹¹ Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

⁵ Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

¹⁶ Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.

⁸ And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

³⁷ And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

³⁸ Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

¹⁵ But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

²² For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

⁶ There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

⁷ Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them.

⁶ Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

¹⁶ It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.