28  But when I look, ^athere is no one;

among these there is no counselor

who, when I ask, gives an answer.

2  Why, when I came, ^twas there no man;

why, when I called, was there no one to answer?

^uIs my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers a desert;

their fish stink for lack of water

and die of thirst.

16  He saw that ^kthere was no man,

and wondered that there was no one to intercede;

then ^lhis own arm brought him salvation,

and his righteousness upheld him.