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16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall take them away, and a whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt make full out joy in the Lord, and thou shalt be glad in the Holy (One) of Israel.

17 Needy men and poor seek waters, and those be not (The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none); the tongue of them dried (up) for thirst. I the Lord shall hear them, I (the) God of Israel shall not forsake them.

18 I shall open floods in high hills (I shall open rivers in the high hills), and wells in the midst of fields; I shall set the desert into ponds of waters, and the land without (a) way into rivers of waters.

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16 You will winnow(A) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale(B) will blow them away.(C)
But you will rejoice(D) in the Lord
    and glory(E) in the Holy One(F) of Israel.

17 “The poor and needy search for water,(G)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.(H)
But I the Lord will answer(I) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake(J) them.
18 I will make rivers flow(K) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(L) into pools of water,(M)
    and the parched ground into springs.(N)

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