1. (8:23) The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious.In earlier times he humiliatedthe land of Zebulun,and the land of Naphtali;but now he brings honorto the way of the sea,the region beyond the Jordan,and Galilee of the nations.
2. (9:1) The people walking in darknesssee a bright light;light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
3. You have enlarged the nation;you give them great joy.They rejoice in your presenceas harvesters rejoice;as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.
4. For their oppressive yokeand the club that strikes their shoulders,the cudgel the oppressor uses on them,you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.