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 hast said in that day: `I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.

Lo, God `is' my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song `is' Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.

And ye have drawn waters with joy Out of the fountains of salvation,

And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name.

Praise ye Jehovah, for excellence He hath done, Known is this in all the earth.

Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst `is' the Holy One of Israel!'

The line the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song closely echoes Moses's song after the Red Sea in <a href="/bible/ylt/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/ylt/isaiah/chapter-13">Isaiah 13</a>.