⁹ For the Lord’s portion^(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.^(B)

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(A)
    the people he chose^(B) for his inheritance.^(C)

¹⁶ He who is the Portion^(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,^(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance^(C)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.^(D)