¹ We have heard it with our ears,^(A) O God;
    our ancestors have told us^(B)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.^(C)

² Remember the nation you purchased^(A) long ago,^(B)
    the people of your inheritance,^(C) whom you redeemed^(D)—
    Mount Zion,^(E) where you dwelt.^(F)

⁹ In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel^(A) of his presence^(B) saved them.^[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed^(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried^(D) them
    all the days of old.^(E)