⁷ He is the Lord our God;
his judgments govern the whole earth.
⁸ He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he ordained
for a thousand generations—
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,
swore^[b] to Isaac,
¹⁰ and confirmed to Jacob as a decree
and to Israel as a permanent covenant:
¹¹ “I will give the land of Canaan to you
as your inherited portion.”

¹² When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,
¹³ wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another,
¹⁴ he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their behalf:
¹⁵ “Do not touch my anointed ones,
or harm my prophets.”