^{16 Ref} Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there `am' I, And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and His Spirit.

^{17 Ref} Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, `I `am' Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.

^{18 Ref} O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,