²¹ Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

¹⁶ In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.

¹⁷ Jehovah thy God `is' in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

⁴ And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.

²³ Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.

¹² For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you `with' singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

⁹ And they have served Jehovah their God, And David their king whom I raise up to them.

¹⁰ And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.

³ Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.

²¹ And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

²⁰ And the northern I put far off from you, And have driven him unto a land dry and desolate, With his face unto the eastern sea, And his rear unto the western sea, And come up hath his stink, And come up doth his stench, For he hath exerted himself to work.

¹⁵ So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for with thee I `am', Look not around, for I `am' thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

¹ They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

³² `For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the `one' end of the heavens even unto the `other' end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it?

¹⁶ `Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;

²⁴ only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

¹² Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.

¹³ Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

¹⁹ And Thy righteousness, O God, `is' unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who `is' like Thee?

¹¹ The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

¹² The field exulteth, and all that `is' in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

⁸ Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,

¹ A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back `to' the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

² Then filled `with' laughter is our mouth, And our tongue `with' singing, Then do they say among nations, `Jehovah did great things with these.'

³ Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

¹ After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'