¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(A)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.

¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(A)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(B)
But I the Lord will answer^(C) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(D) them.

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”^[a](C)