21. Children, be confident! Cry out to God!God will rescue you from your enemies’ authority and grip.
22. I have placed hope in the eternal onefor your salvation;the holy one has sent me joy,because your eternal saviorwill soon have mercy on you.
23. I sent you awaywith mourning and wailing,but God will restore you to mewith gladness and joy forever.
24. Just as Zion’s neighborshave now seen your exile,they’ll also soon seeGod’s deliverance of you;it will come to you with all the glory and splendor of the eternal one.
25. Children, bear up patientlyunder God’s anger,which has come on you.Your enemy has hunted you down,but you’ll soon see their destruction.Then you’ll step on their throats.
26. My delicate childrenhave traveled rough roads.They were taken as a flocksnatched away by enemies.