¹⁵ I will lay waste^(A) the mountains^(B) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(C) the pools.

¹⁶ I will lead^(A) the blind^(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(E) them.

¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(C)

²⁰ The wild animals^(A) honor me,
    the jackals^(B) and the owls,
because I provide water^(C) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,