Isaiah Chapter 12

A short song of praise: God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid.

Isaiah 12: Wells of Salvation

This brief song of thanksgiving follows the regathered remnant of Isaiah 11, opening with the declaration that the Lord's anger is turned away and he has become salvation.


And thou schalt seie in that dai, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee, for thou were wrooth to me; thi strong venieaunce is turned, and thou hast coumfortid me.

Lo! God is my sauyour, Y schal do feithfuli, and Y schal not drede. For whi the Lord is my strengthe and my preysyng, and he is maad to me in to helthe.

Ye schulen drawe watris with ioie of the wellis of the sauyour.

And ye schulen seie in that dai, Knouleche ye to the Lord, and clepe ye his name in to help; make ye knowun hise fyndyngis among puplis; haue ye mynde, that his name is hiy.

Synge ye to the Lord, for he hath do worschipfuli; telle ye this in al erthe.

Thou dwellyng of Syon, make ful out ioie, and preise; for whi the hooli of Israel is greet in the myddis of thee.

The line the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song closely echoes Moses's song after the Red Sea in <a href="/bible/wycliffe/exodus/chapter-15/2">Exodus 15:2</a>, and the drawing of water from the wells of salvation gives way to the darker burden of <a href="/bible/wycliffe/isaiah/chapter-13">Isaiah 13</a>.