Each one helps the other,
and says to another, “Take courage!”
The craftsman encourages the metalworker;(A)
the one who flattens with the hammer
encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.(B)

But you, Israel, my servant,(C)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,(D)
descendant of Abraham, my friend(E)

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