3 Strengthen the weak hands,

steady the shaking knees!m

4 Say to the cowardly:

“Be strong; do not fear!

Here is your God; vengeance is coming.n

God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”o

5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,

and the ears of the deaf unstopped.p

6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,q

and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,r

for water will gush in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert;s