19  ^hI did not speak in secret,

in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,

‘Seek me in vain.’¹

I the Lord speak the truth;

I declare what is right.

16  Draw near to me, hear this:

from the beginning I ^xhave not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I have been there.”

And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.