“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.

“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,^(A)
for your work will be rewarded,^(B)”
declares the Lord.
    “They will return^(C) from the land of the enemy.

¹⁴ “For a long time I have kept silent,^(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(C)