^(A)“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
And shout among the chief of the nations;
Proclaim, give praise, and say,
‘O Lord, save Your people,
The remnant of Israel!’
⁸ Behold, I will bring them ^(B)from the north country,
And ^(C)gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.
^9 (D)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^(E)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My ^(F)firstborn.

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the ^[a]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel ^(G)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
¹¹ For ^(H)the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him ^(I)from the hand of one stronger than he.
¹² Therefore they shall come and sing in ^(J)the height of Zion,
Streaming to ^(K)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a ^(L)well-watered garden,
^(M)And they shall sorrow no more at all.

¹³ “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
¹⁴ I will ^[b]satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”