17 (A)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
    at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
    like a signal on a hill.

The Lord Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord (B)waits to be gracious to you,
    and therefore he (C)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
    (D)blessed are all those who wait for him.

19 For a people shall dwell (E)in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.

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