⁸ The Lord is the strength^(A) of his people,
    a fortress of salvation^(B) for his anointed one.^(C)

¹⁹ Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge^(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come^(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,^(C)
    worthless idols^(D) that did them no good.^(E)