And Yahweh will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of distress.
And those who know your name will trust in you,
for you do not forsake those who seek you, O Yahweh.
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before your eyes.”
However you heard the voice of my supplications
when I cried to you for help.
Be strong and let your heart show strength,
all you who wait for Yahweh.
Why are you in despair, O my soul,
and disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
for the salvation of his presence.
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;
Yahweh raises up those bowed down;
Yahweh loves the righteous;
Strengthen the weak hands
and make the staggering knees firm.
Say to those who are hasty of heart,
“Be strong; you must not fear!
Look! your God will come with vengeance,
with divine retribution.
He is the one who will come and save you.”
Who among you is in fear of Yahweh,
obeys the voice of his servant?
Who walks in darkness
and has no light,
trusts in the name of Yahweh
and depends on his God?
For I know the plans that I am planning concerning you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.
Then when you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you.
When you search for me, then you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.
Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.