<p class="poetry">Like a shepherd he tends his flock;p> <p class="poetry">he gathers up the lambs with his arm;p> <p class="poetry">he carries them close to his heart;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he leads the ewes along.p>

<p class="poetry">Hear what the <sc>Lordsc> has to say, O nations.p> <p class="poetry">Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea.p> <p class="poetry">Say, &#8220;The one who scattered Israel will regather them.p> <p class="poetry">He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.&#8221;p>

As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.<n id="1" />

I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats.p> <p class="bodytext">For the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.