⁶ Then the lame will leap like a deer,^(A)
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,^(B)
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;^(C)

⁷ in order to open blind eyes,^(A)
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,^(B)
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

¹⁶ I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;^(A)
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them^(B)
and rough places into level ground.^(C)
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not abandon them.^(D)