¹Lætabitur deserta et invia,The desolate and impassable land will rejoice,et exsultabit solitudo,and the place of solitude will exult,et florebit quasi lilium.and it will flourish like the lily.

¹Lætabitur deserta et invia,The desolate and impassable land will rejoice,et exsultabit solitudo,and the place of solitude will exult,et florebit quasi lilium.and it will flourish like the lily.

²Germinans germinabit,It will spring up and blossom,et exsultabit lætabunda et laudans:and it will exult with rejoicing and praising.gloria Libani data est ei,The glory of Lebanon has been given to it,decor Carmeli et Saron;with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon.ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini, et decorem Dei nostri.These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.

²Germinans germinabit,It will spring up and blossom,et exsultabit lætabunda et laudans:and it will exult with rejoicing and praising.gloria Libani data est ei,The glory of Lebanon has been given to it,decor Carmeli et Saron;with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon.ipsi videbunt gloriam Domini, et decorem Dei nostri.These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.

³Confortate manus dissolutas,Strengthen the lax hands,et genua debilia roborate.and confirm the weak knees!

³Confortate manus dissolutas,Strengthen the lax hands,et genua debilia roborate.and confirm the weak knees!

⁴Dicite pusillanimis:Say to the fainthearted:Confortamini,“Take courageet nolite timere:and fear not!ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis;Behold,Deus ipse veniet,your God will bring the vindication of retribution.et salvabit vos.God himself will arrive to save you.”

⁴Dicite pusillanimis:Say to the fainthearted:Confortamini,“Take courageet nolite timere:and fear not!ecce Deus vester ultionem adducet retributionis;Behold,Deus ipse veniet,your God will bring the vindication of retribution.et salvabit vos.God himself will arrive to save you.”

⁵Tunc aperientur oculi cæcorum,Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,et aures surdorum patebunt;and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.

⁵Tunc aperientur oculi cæcorum,Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,et aures surdorum patebunt;and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.

⁶tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus,Then the disabled will leap like a buck,et aperta erit lingua mutorum:and the tongue of the mute will be untied.quia scissæ sunt in deserto aquæ,For the waters have burst forth in the desert,et torrentes in solitudine;and torrents in solitary places.

⁶tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus,Then the disabled will leap like a buck,et aperta erit lingua mutorum:and the tongue of the mute will be untied.quia scissæ sunt in deserto aquæ,For the waters have burst forth in the desert,et torrentes in solitudine;and torrents in solitary places.

⁷et quæ erat arida, erit in stagnum,And the land that was dry will have a pond,et sitiens in fontes aquarum. In cubilibus,and the thirsty land will have fountains of water.in quibus prius dracones habitabant,In the hollows where the serpents lived before,orietur viror calami et junci.there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.

⁷et quæ erat arida, erit in stagnum,And the land that was dry will have a pond,et sitiens in fontes aquarum. In cubilibus,and the thirsty land will have fountains of water.in quibus prius dracones habitabant,In the hollows where the serpents lived before,orietur viror calami et junci.there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.

⁸Et erit ibi semita et via,And there shall be a path and a road in that place.et via sancta vocabitur:And it will be called the Holy Way.non transibit per eam pollutus,The defiled will not pass through it.et hæc erit vobis directa via,For this will be an upright path for you,ita ut stulti non errent per eam.so much so that the foolish will not wander along it.

⁸Et erit ibi semita et via,And there shall be a path and a road in that place.et via sancta vocabitur:And it will be called the Holy Way.non transibit per eam pollutus,The defiled will not pass through it.et hæc erit vobis directa via,For this will be an upright path for you,ita ut stulti non errent per eam.so much so that the foolish will not wander along it.

⁹Non erit ibi leo,There will be no lions in that place,et mala bestia non ascendet per eam,and harmful wild animals will neither climb up to it,nec invenietur ibi;nor be found there.et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint.Only those who have been freed will walk in that place.

⁹Non erit ibi leo,There will be no lions in that place,et mala bestia non ascendet per eam,and harmful wild animals will neither climb up to it,nec invenietur ibi;nor be found there.et ambulabunt qui liberati fuerint.Only those who have been freed will walk in that place.

¹⁰Et redempti a Domino convertentur,And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted,et venient in Sion cum laude,and they will return to Zion with praising.et lætitia sempiterna super caput eorum:And everlasting joy will be upon their heads.gaudium et lætitiam obtinebunt,They will obtain gladness and rejoicing.et fugiet dolor et gemitus.For pain and sorrow will flee away.

¹⁰Et redempti a Domino convertentur,And the redeemed of the Lord will be converted,et venient in Sion cum laude,and they will return to Zion with praising.et lætitia sempiterna super caput eorum:And everlasting joy will be upon their heads.gaudium et lætitiam obtinebunt,They will obtain gladness and rejoicing.et fugiet dolor et gemitus.For pain and sorrow will flee away.