⁵ You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love^(F) to all who call to you.
⁶ Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry^(G) for mercy.
⁷ When I am in distress,^(H) I call^(I) to you,
    because you answer^(J) me.

¹¹ Teach me your way,^(A) Lord,
    that I may rely on your faithfulness;^(B)
give me an undivided^(C) heart,
    that I may fear^(D) your name.
¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;^(E)
    I will glorify your name forever.
¹³ For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me^(F) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.^(G)

¹³ Rend your heart^(C)
    and not your garments.^(D)
Return^(E) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,^(F)
slow to anger and abounding in love,^(G)
    and he relents from sending calamity.^(H)

²¹     Do not be afraid,^(A) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(B)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(C)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(D)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(E) and the vine^(F) yield their riches.^(G)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(H) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(I)
He sends you abundant showers,^(J)
    both autumn^(K) and spring rains,^(L) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(M) with new wine^(N) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(O) have eaten^(P)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[a]—
my great army^(Q) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(R)
    and you will praise^(S) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(T) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(U)
27 Then you will know^(V) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(W) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(X)