¹⁹ God is not human,^(A) that he should lie,^(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.^(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise^(D) and not fulfill?

²⁰ they^[a] wandered^(A) from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.
²¹ He allowed no one to oppress them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(B)
22 “Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(C) no harm.”

²³ Sing to the Lord, all the earth;
    proclaim his salvation day after day.

⁸ He remembers his covenant^(A) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹ the covenant he made with Abraham,^(B)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰ He confirmed it^(C) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(D)

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(A)
So now I have sworn^(B) not to be angry^(C) with you,
    never to rebuke^(D) you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken^(E)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(F) for you will not be shaken^(G)
    nor my covenant^(H) of peace^(I) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(J) on you.

he who appoints^(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,^(B)
who stirs up the sea^(C)
    so that its waves roar^(D)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:^(E)
36 “Only if these decrees^(F) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel^(G) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

“Only if the heavens above can be measured^(H)
    and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject^(I) all the descendants of Israel
    because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.