²⁴ Be strong and take heart,^(A)
    all you who hope in the Lord.

¹⁴ Wait^(A) for the Lord;
    be strong^(B) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

⁵ Blessed are those^(A) whose help^(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

³ Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees^(A) that give way;
⁴ say^(B) to those with fearful hearts,^(C)
    “Be strong, do not fear;^(D)
your God will come,^(E)
    he will come with vengeance;^(F)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save^(G) you.”