¹² Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.

⁴ Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.

¹¹ Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

¹ Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

¹⁷ For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

¹⁸ Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.

⁴ Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

⁶ God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

¹² Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

¹³ Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

¹⁴ Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.

¹⁵ The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.

¹⁶ In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.

¹⁷ The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.