⁵ those who say, “We will prevail by our tongues;
    with our lips as our ally,
    who can lord it over us?”
⁶ “The poor have been oppressed,
    and those who are needy groan.
Therefore, I will rise up now,” says the Lord;
    “I will grant them the safety
    for which they long.”
⁷ And the promises of the Lord are certain;
    they are like silver refined in a furnace
    and purified seven times.^[a]