And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.
They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
And I — I have said in my haste, ‘I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,’ But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!
What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.
Say to the hastened of heart, ‘Be strong, Fear not, lo, your God; vengeance cometh, The recompence of God, He Himself doth come and save you.’
Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you — an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
‘And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;
and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;