Isaiah 63:9; Zechariah 2:8

vIn all their affliction he was afflicted,1

and the angel of his presence saved them;

win his love and in his pity he redeemed them;

xhe lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.


For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me1 to the nations who plundered you, yfor he who touches you touches zthe apple of his eye: