The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh.
In my alarm I had said, “I am cut off from Your sight.” But You heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to You for help.
Be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord.
Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are oppressed. The Lord loves the righteous.
Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees!
Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”
Who among you fears the Lord, listening to the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh; let him lean on his God.
For I know the plans I have for you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees,
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.