1 T hey joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

2 F lourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They -- they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

3 S trengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.

4 S ay 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.'

5 T hen opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped,

6 T hen leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

7 A nd the mirage hath become a pond, And the thirsty land fountains of waters, In the habitation of dragons, Its place of couching down, a court for reed and rush.

8 A nd a highway hath been there, and a way, And the `way of holiness' is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself by them, Whoso is going in the way -- even fools err not.

9 N o lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed,

10 A nd the ransomed of Jehovah return, And have entered Zion with singing. And joy age-during on their head, Joy and gladness they attain, And fled away have sorrow and sighing!