¹⁷ Life will be brighter than noonday,^(A)
    and darkness will become like morning.^(B)

⁶ He will make your righteous reward^(A) shine like the dawn,^(B)
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁸ Then your light will break forth like the dawn,^(A)
    and your healing^(B) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness^[a](C) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.^(D)

¹⁰ and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(A)
then your light^(B) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(C)