18  Therefore the Lord ^owaits to be gracious to you,

and therefore he ^pexalts himself to show mercy to you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

^qblessed are all those who wait for him.

8  ^gFor I the Lord love justice;

I hate robbery and wrong;¹

^hI will faithfully give them their recompense,

ⁱand I will make an everlasting covenant with them.