2  Then our mouth was ^lfilled with laughter,

and our tongue with shouts of joy;

then they said among the nations,

^m“The Lord has done great things for them.”

3  The Lord has done great things for us;

we are glad.

20  “I will remove the northerner far from you,

and drive him into a parched and desolate land,

his vanguard¹ into the ^veastern sea,

and his rear guard² into the ^wwestern sea;

the ^xstench and foul smell of him will rise,

for he has done great things.

21  “Fear not, O land;

be glad and rejoice,

for ^ythe Lord has done great things!