² Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
    found grace in the wilderness;
^(C)when Israel sought for rest,
³     the Lord appeared to him^[a] from far away.
^(D)I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore ^(E)I have continued ^(F)my faithfulness to you.
^4 (G)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
^(H)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in ^(I)the dance of the merrymakers.
^5 (J)Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.
⁶ For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in ^(K)the hill country of Ephraim:
^(L)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

^2 (B)Let Israel say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song;
    ^(A)he has become my salvation.
¹⁵ Glad songs of salvation
    are in the tents of the righteous:
^(B)“The right hand of the Lord ^(C)does valiantly,
¹⁶     the right hand of the Lord exalts,
    the right hand of the Lord ^(D)does valiantly!”

^17 (E)I shall not die, but I shall live,
    and ^(F)recount the deeds of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has ^(G)disciplined me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.

^19 (H)Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
    ^(I)the righteous shall enter through it.
²¹ I thank you that ^(J)you have answered me
    ^(K)and have become my salvation.
^22 (L)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.^[a]
23 This is the Lord's doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.