⁹ For the Lord’s portion^(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.^(B)

¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^(A) from your ways
    and harden our hearts^(B) so we do not revere^(C) you?
Return^(D) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.^(E)

¹⁶ He who is the Portion^(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,^(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance^(C)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.^(D)

¹⁹ He who is the Portion^(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance^(B)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.