³⁹ When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate^(A) and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”^(B)

⁹ But you are a chosen people,^(A) a royal priesthood,^(B) a holy nation,^(C) God’s special possession,^(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(E)