⁹ For the Lord’s portion^(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.^(B)

²⁶ My flesh and my heart^(A) may fail,^(B)
    but God is the strength^(C) of my heart
    and my portion^(D) forever.

⁷ I form the light and create darkness,^(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;^(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

he who appoints^(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,^(B)
who stirs up the sea^(C)
    so that its waves roar^(D)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:^(E)

¹⁹ He who is the Portion^(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance^(B)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.