⁸ All your robes are fragrant^(A) with myrrh^(B) and aloes^(C) and cassia;^(D)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(E)
    the music of the strings^(F) makes you glad.

⁹ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions^(A)
    by anointing you with the oil^(B) of joy.”^[a](C)

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,^(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news^(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,