¹ Answer me^(A) when I call to you,
    my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;^(B)
    have mercy^(C) on me and hear my prayer.^(D)

² “Enlarge the place of your tent,^(A)
    stretch your tent curtains wide,
    do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
    strengthen your stakes.^(B)
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants^(C) will dispossess nations^(D)
    and settle in their desolate^(E) cities.