¹⁸ Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be ^(A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(B)Blessed are all those who ^(C)wait for Him.

¹⁶ Then those ^(A)who feared the Lord ^(B)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So ^(C)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who ^[a]meditate on His name.