³ You have enlarged the nation^(A)
    and increased their joy;^(B)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.^(C)

³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(A)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(B)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(A) and they were humbled^(B)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;