²³ O children of Zion, be glad,
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given the early rain^[a] for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    the early and the later rain, as before.^(A)

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
    and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
    and will keep him as a shepherd does a flock.”^(B)
11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.^(C)
12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall become like a watered garden,
    and they shall never languish again.^(D)
13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.^[b]
I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.^(E)

² Surely God is my salvation;
    I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord^[a] is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.”^(B)