^23 (A)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in ^(B)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
^(C)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’^[a]

¹⁶ so that he who ^(A)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by ^(B)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by ^(C)the God of truth;
^(D)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.