¹⁶ This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,^(A)
17 who drew out^(B) the chariots and horses,^(C)
    the army and reinforcements together,^(D)
and they lay^(E) there, never to rise again,
    extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:^(F)
18 “Forget the former things;^(G)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(H)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(I)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(J)
20 The wild animals^(K) honor me,
    the jackals^(L) and the owls,
because I provide water^(M) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹     the people I formed^(N) for myself^(O)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(P)

⁴ Restore our fortunes,^[c](G) Lord,
    like streams in the Negev.^(H)
5 Those who sow with tears^(I)
    will reap^(J) with songs of joy.^(K)
6 Those who go out weeping,^(L)
    carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
    carrying sheaves with them.