⁸ Thus says the Lord:
^(A)“In a ^(B)time of favour I have answered you;
    in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you ^(C)and give you
    as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
    ^(D)to apportion the desolate heritages,

^(A)“In a favourable time I listened to you,
    and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”

⁶ Therefore let everyone who is ^(A)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(B)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(C)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.