⁹ How can young people keep their paths pure?
    By guarding them according to what you’ve said.^[a]
10 I have sought you with all my heart.
    Don’t let me stray from any of your commandments!
¹¹ I keep your word close, in my heart,
    so that I won’t sin against you.
¹² You, Lord, are to be blessed!
    Teach me your statutes.
¹³ I will declare out loud
    all the rules you have spoken.
¹⁴ I rejoice in the content of your laws
    as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
¹⁵ I will think about your precepts
    and examine all your paths.
¹⁶ I will delight in your statutes;
    I will not forget what you have said.

44 But now hear this, Jacob my servant,
    and Israel, whom I have chosen.
² The Lord your maker,
    who formed you in the womb and will help you, says:
    Don’t fear, my servant Jacob,
    Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
³ I will pour out water upon thirsty ground
    and streams upon dry land.
I will pour out my spirit upon your descendants
    and my blessing upon your offspring.
⁴ They will spring up from among the reeds
    like willows by flowing streams.
⁵ This one will say, “I am the Lord’s,”
        and that one will be named after Jacob.
    Another will write on his hand, “The Lord’s”
        and will take the name Israel.

¹⁷ In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
    Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
    Your young will see visions.
    Your elders will dream dreams.
¹⁸     Even upon my servants, men and women,
        I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
        and they will prophesy.
¹⁹ I will cause wonders to occur in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,
        blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will be changed into darkness,
    and the moon will be changed into blood,
        before the great and spectacular day of the Lord comes.
²¹ And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.^[a]