[a].
[Some manuscripts add verse 18:] Israel is his first-born, whom he disciplines as he brings him up. He gives him the light of his love and never neglects him.
[b].
[Some manuscripts add verse 21:] But the Lord is gracious and knows his creatures; so he has spared them rather than abandon them.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.