¹⁸ May it please you to prosper Zion,^(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(B)

³ Our God is in heaven;^(A)
    he does whatever pleases him.^(B)

⁶ The Lord does whatever pleases him,^(A)
    in the heavens and on the earth,^(B)
    in the seas and all their depths.

21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.^(A)

¹¹ so is my word^(A) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(B)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(C) for which I sent it.

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?^(B)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?^(C)

His dominion is an eternal dominion;
    his kingdom^(C) endures from generation to generation.^(D)
35 All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.^(E)
He does as he pleases^(F)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back^(G) his hand^(H)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”^(I)