^23 (A)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and ^(B)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^(C)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    ^(D)the early and ^(E)the latter rain, as before.

² “Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for ^(C)the Lord God^[b] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
    and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will ^(G)gather him,
    and will keep him ^(H)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
^11 (I)For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from ^(J)hands too strong for him.
¹² They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
    ^(K)and they shall be radiant ^(L)over the goodness of the Lord,
^(M)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and over the young of the flock and the herd;
^(N)their life shall be like a watered garden,
    ^(O)and they shall languish no more.
^13 (P)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
    and the young men and the old shall be merry.
^(Q)I will turn their mourning into joy;
    I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.