Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

And Mary ¹  said, ²  “My soul exalts ³  the Lord, ⁴ 

He is like a man ¹  building a house, who dug down deep, ²  and laid the foundation on bedrock. When ³  a flood came, the river ⁴  burst against that house but ⁵  could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁶ 

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice ¹  is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When ²  the river burst against that house, ³  it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” ⁴ 

Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow ¹  in the desert, streams in the wilderness. ² 

and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man ¹  as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls ²  because of the multitude of people and animals there.

“Indeed, ¹  long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. ²  You said, ‘I will not serve you.’ ³  Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers. ⁴ 

From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire. ¹ 

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me ¹  constrains me. ² 

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

By his knowledge the primordial sea ¹  was broken open, ²  and the clouds drip down dew. ³ 

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body. ¹ 

“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “‘You were like a lion ¹  among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your ²  streams.

So ¹  they worshiped ²  him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ³ 

These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey.”

David was angry because the Lord attacked ¹  Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, ²  which remains its name to this very day.

In a burst ¹  of anger I rejected you ²  momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, ³  the Lord.

“Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

Then David and the men ¹  who were with him wept loudly ²  until they could weep no more. ³ 

Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!