2 I will ^(A)take my stand at my watchpost
    and station myself on the tower,
and ^(B)look out to see ^(C)what he will say to me,
    and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

^(D)“Write the vision;
    make it plain on tablets,
    so he may run who reads it.
³ For still ^(E)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^(F)wait for it;
    ^(G)it will surely come; it will not delay.

² O Lord, ^(A)I have heard the report of you,
    and ^(B)your work, O Lord, do I fear.
In the midst of the years ^(C)revive it;
    in the midst of the years make it known;
    ^(D)in wrath remember mercy.

^(F)To the choirmaster: with ^(G)stringed^[a] instruments.

^7 (A)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    ^(B)fret not yourself over the one who ^(C)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

^8 (D)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    ^(E)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
^9 (F)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(G)inherit the land.