12 You^[a] will say ^(A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
^(B)your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

^5 (A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and ^(B)his favor is for a lifetime.^[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but ^(D)joy comes with the morning.

25 O Lord, ^(A)you are my God;
    ^(B)I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
    ^(C)plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

^8 (A)In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
^(B)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

6 “Come, let us ^(A)return to the Lord;
    for ^(B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(C)he will bind us up.

40 ^(A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
^2 (B)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that ^(C)her warfare^[a] is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.

³ For the Lord ^(A)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like ^(B)Eden,
    her desert like ^(C)the garden of the Lord;
^(D)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.