^12 (A)My foot stands in an even place;
In the congregations I will bless the Lord.

² ‘I will go before you
^(A)And^[a] make the ^[b]crooked places straight;
^(B)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.

^13 (A)I have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will ^[a]direct all his ways;
He shall ^(B)build My city
And let My exiles go free,
^(C)Not for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

^9 (A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk ^(B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My ^(C)firstborn.