^{8 Ref} He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,

^{9 Ref} That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

^{10 Ref} And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during,

^{11 Ref} Saying, `To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'

^{12 Ref} In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.

¹³ And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people.

^{14 Ref} He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

^{15 Ref} `Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'