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World English Bible Classic
[1] “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness,
you who seek Yahweh.
Look to the rock you were cut from,
and to the quarry you were dug from.
[2] Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who bore you;
for when he was but one I called him,
I blessed him,
and made him many.
[3] For Yahweh has comforted Zion.
He has comforted all her waste places,
and has made her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of Yahweh.
Joy and gladness will be found in them,
thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
[4] “Listen to me, my people;
and hear me, my nation,
for a law will go out from me,
and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
[5] My righteousness is near.
My salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples.
The islands will wait for me,
and they will trust my arm.
[6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a garment.
Its inhabitants will die in the same way,
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will not be abolished.
[7] “Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is my law.
Don’t fear the reproach of men,
and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
[8] For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool;
but my righteousness will be forever,
and my salvation to all generations.”
[9] Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh!
Awake, as in the days of old,
the generations of ancient times.
Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the monster?
[10] Isn’t it you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep;
who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
[11] Those ransomed by Yahweh will return,
and come with singing to Zion.
Everlasting joy shall be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy.
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
[12] “I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die,
and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
[13] Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens,
and laid the foundations of the earth?
Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor,
when he prepares to destroy?
Where is the fury of the oppressor?
[14] The captive exile will speedily be freed.
He will not die and go down into the pit.
His bread won’t fail.
[15] For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar.
Yahweh of Armies is his name.
[16] I have put my words in your mouth
and have covered you in the shadow of my hand,
that I may plant the heavens,
and lay the foundations of the earth,
and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
[17] Awake, awake!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath.
You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering,
and drained it.
[18] There is no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth;
and there is no one who takes her by the hand among all the sons whom she has brought up.
[19] These two things have happened to you—
who will grieve with you?—
desolation and destruction,
and famine and the sword.
How can I comfort you?
[20] Your sons have fainted.
They lie at the head of all the streets,
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of Yahweh’s wrath,
the rebuke of your God.
[21] Therefore now hear this, you afflicted,
and drunken, but not with wine:
[22] Your Lord Yahweh,
your God who pleads the cause of his people, says,
“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering,
even the bowl of the cup of my wrath.
You will not drink it any more.
[23] I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’
and you have laid your back as the ground,
like a street to those who walk over.”
King James Version
[1] Hearken H8085 to me, ye that follow after H7291 righteousness, H6664 ye that seek H1245 the Lord: H3068 look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn, H2672 and to the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged. H5365 [2] Look H5027 unto H413 Abraham H85 your father, H1 and unto Sarah H8283 that bare H2342 you: for I called H7121 him alone, H259 and blessed H1288 him, and increased H7235 him. [3] For H3588 the Lord H3068 shall comfort H5162 Zion: H6726 he will comfort H5162 all H3605 her waste places; H2723 and he will make H7760 her wilderness H4057 like Eden, H5731 and her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the Lord; H3068 joy H8342 and gladness H8057 shall be found H4672 therein, thanksgiving, H8426 and the voice H6963 of melody. H2172 [4] Hearken H7181 unto H413 me, my people; H5971 and give ear H238 unto H413 me, O my nation: H3816 for a law H8451 shall proceed H3318 from me, and I will make my judgment H4941 to rest H7280 for a light H216 of the people. H5971 [5] My righteousness H6664 is near; H7138 my salvation H3468 is gone forth, H3318 and mine arms H2220 shall judge H8199 the people; H5971 the isles H339 shall wait H6960 upon me, and on mine arm H2220 shall they trust. H3176 [6] Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the heavens, H8064 and look H5027 upon the earth H776 beneath: for the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 like smoke, H6227 and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 like a garment, H899 and they that dwell H3427 therein shall die H4191 in like H3644 manner: H3654 but my salvation H3444 shall be for ever, H5769 and my righteousness H6666 shall H2865 not H3808 be abolished. H2865 [7] Hearken H8085 unto H413 me, ye that know H3045 righteousness, H6664 the people H5971 in whose heart H3820 is my law; H8451 fear H3372 ye not the reproach H2781 of men, H582 neither be ye afraid H2865 of their revilings. H1421 [8] For H3588 the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 like a garment, H899 and the worm H5580 shall eat H398 them like wool: H6785 but my righteousness H6666 shall be for ever, H5769 and my salvation H3444 from generation H1755 to generation. H1755

The Arm of the Lord

[9] Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 put on H3847 strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the Lord; H3068 awake, H5782 as in the ancient H6924 days, H3117 in the generations H1755 of old. H5769 Art thou not it that hath cut H2672 Rahab, H7294 and wounded H2490 the dragon? H8577
[10] Art thou not it which hath dried H2717 the sea, H3220 the waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep; H8415 that hath made H7760 the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a way H1870 for the ransomed H1350 to pass over? H5674 [11] Therefore the redeemed H6299 of the Lord H3068 shall return, H7725 and come H935 with singing H7440 unto Zion; H6726 and everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be upon their head: H7218 they shall obtain H5381 gladness H8342 and joy; H8057 and sorrow H3015 and mourning H585 shall flee away. H5127 [12] I, even I, am he that comforteth H5162 you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid H3372 of a man H582 that shall die, H4191 and of the son H1121 of man H120 which shall be made H5414 as grass; H2682 [13] and forgettest H7911 the Lord H3068 thy maker, H6213 that hath stretched forth H5186 the heavens, H8064 and laid the foundations H3245 of the earth; H776 and hast feared H6342 continually H8548 every H3605 day H3117 because H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor, H6693 as if H834 he were ready H3559§ to destroy? H7843 and where is the fury H2534 of the oppressor? H6693 [14] The captive exile H6808 hasteneth H4116 that he may be loosed, H6605 and that he should not die H4191 in the pit, H7845 nor that his bread H3899 should fail. H2637 [15] But I am the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 that divided H7280 the sea, H3220 whose waves H1530 roared: H1993 The Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name. H8034 [16] And I have put H7760 my words H1697 in thy mouth, H6310 and I have covered H3680 thee in the shadow H6738 of mine hand, H3027 that I may plant H5193 the heavens, H8064 and lay the foundations H3245 of the earth, H776 and say H559 unto Zion, H6726 Thou art my people. H5971 [17] Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 stand up, H6965 O Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 hast drunk H8354 at the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 the cup H3563 of his fury; H2534 thou hast drunken H8354 H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of trembling, H8653 and wrung them out. H4680 [18] There is none to guide H5095 her among all the sons H1121 whom she hath brought forth; H3205 neither is there any that taketh H2388 her by the hand H3027 of all the sons H1121 that she hath brought up. H1431 [19] These two H8147 things are come H7122§ unto thee; who shall be sorry H5110 for thee? desolation, H7701 and destruction, H7667§ and the famine, H7458 and the sword: H2719 by whom shall I comfort H5162 thee? [20] Thy sons H1121 have fainted, H5968 they lie H7901 at the head H7218 of all the streets, H2351 as a wild bull H8377 in a net: H4364 they are full H4392 of the fury H2534 of the Lord, H3068 the rebuke H1606 of thy God. H430 [21] Therefore hear H8085 now this, thou afflicted, H6041 and drunken, H7937 but not with wine: H3196 [22] thus H3541 saith H559 thy Lord H113 the Lord, H3068 and thy God H430 that pleadeth H7378 the cause of his people, H5971 Behold, I have taken out H3947 of thine hand H3027 the cup H3563 of trembling, H8653 H853 even the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of my fury; H2534 thou shalt no more H3254 drink it again: H8354 [23] but I will put H7760 it into the hand H3027 of them that afflict H3013 thee; which have said H559 to thy soul, H5315 Bow down, H7812 that we may go over: H5674 and thou hast laid H7760 thy body H1460 as the ground, H776 and as the street, H2351 to them that went over. H5674

Footnotes

  1. § 51:13 Or, made himself ready
  2. § 51:19a Heb. happened
  3. § 51:19b Heb. breaking
Septuaginta
[1] Ἀκούσατέ G191 μου, G3450 οἱ G3588 διώκοντες G1377 τὸ G3588 δίκαιον G1342 καὶ G2532 ζητοῦντες G2212 τὸν G3588 κύριον, G2962 ἐμβλέψατε G1689 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 στερεὰν G4731 πέτραν, G4073 ἣν G3739 ἐλατομήσατε, G2998 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 βόθυνον G999 τοῦ G3588 λάκκου, ὃν G3739 ὠρύξατε. G3736 [2] Ἐμβλέψατε G1689 εἰς G1519 Αβρααμ G11 τὸν G3588 πατέρα G3962 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 Σαρραν G4564 τὴν G3588 ὠδίνουσαν G5605 ὑμᾶς· G5209 ὅτι G3754 εἷς G1520 ἦν, G2258 καὶ G2532 ἐκάλεσα G2564 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 εὐλόγησα G2127 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 ἠγάπησα G25 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπλήθυνα G4129 αὐτόν. G846 [3] Καὶ G2532 σὲ G4571 νῦν G3568 παρακαλέσω, G3870 Σιων, G4622 καὶ G2532 παρεκάλεσα G3870 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔρημα G2048 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 θήσω G5087 τὰ G3588 ἔρημα G2048 αὐτῆς G846 ὡς G5613 παράδεισον G3857 κυρίου· G2962 εὐφροσύνην G2167 καὶ G2532 ἀγαλλίαμα εὑρήσουσιν G2147 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ, G846 ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ G2532 φωνὴν G5456 αἰνέσεως. G133 — [4] ἀκούσατέ G191 μου G3450 ἀκούσατε, G191 λαός G2992 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 βασιλεῖς, G935 πρός G4314 με G3165 ἐνωτίσασθε· G1801 ὅτι G3754 νόμος G3551 παρ’ G3844 ἐμοῦ G1699 ἐξελεύσεται G1831 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 κρίσις G2920 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 φῶς G5457 ἐθνῶν. G1484 [5] Ἐγγίζει G1448 ταχὺ G5035 ἡ G3588 δικαιοσύνη G1343 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐξελεύσεται G1831 ὡς G5613 φῶς G5457 τὸ G3588 σωτήριόν G4992 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 βραχίονά G1023 μου G3450 ἔθνη G1484 ἐλπιοῦσιν· G1679 ἐμὲ G1691 νῆσοι G3520 ὑπομενοῦσιν G5278 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 βραχίονά G1023 μου G3450 ἐλπιοῦσιν. G1679 [6] Ἄρατε G142 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 τοὺς G3588 ὀφθαλμοὺς G3788 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 ἐμβλέψατε G1689 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 κάτω, G2736 ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 οὐρανὸς G3772 ὡς G5613 καπνὸς G2586 ἐστερεώθη, G4732 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 γῆ G1093 ὡς G5613 ἱμάτιον G2440 παλαιωθήσεται, G3822 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 κατοικοῦντες G2730 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 ὥσπερ G5618 ταῦτα G5023 ἀποθανοῦνται, G599 τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 σωτήριόν G4992 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ἔσται, G2071 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 δικαιοσύνη G1343 μου G3450 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐκλίπῃ. G1587 — [7] ἀκούσατέ G191 μου, G3450 οἱ G3588 εἰδότες G1492 κρίσιν, G2920 λαός G2992 μου, G3450 οὗ G3739 ὁ G3588 νόμος G3551 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 καρδίᾳ G2588 ὑμῶν· G5216 μὴ G3361 φοβεῖσθε G5399 ὀνειδισμὸν G3680 ἀνθρώπων G444 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 φαυλισμῷ αὐτῶν G846 μὴ G3361 ἡττᾶσθε. G2274 [8] Ὥσπερ G5618 γὰρ G1063 ἱμάτιον G2440 βρωθήσεται G977 ὑπὸ G5259 χρόνου G5550 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ἔρια G2053 βρωθήσεται G977 ὑπὸ G5259 σητός· G4597 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 δικαιοσύνη G1343 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ἔσται, G2071 τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 σωτήριόν G4992 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 γενεὰς G1074 γενεῶν. G1074 [9] Ἐξεγείρου G1825 ἐξεγείρου, G1825 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 καὶ G2532 ἔνδυσαι G1746 τὴν G3588 ἰσχὺν G2479 τοῦ G3588 βραχίονός G1023 σου· G4675 ἐξεγείρου G1825 ὡς G5613 ἐν G1722 ἀρχῇ G746 ἡμέρας, G2250 ὡς G5613 γενεὰ G1074 αἰῶνος. G165 Οὐ G3756 σὺ G4771 εἶ G1488 [10] ἡ G3588 ἐρημοῦσα G2049 θάλασσαν, G2281 ὕδωρ G5204 ἀβύσσου G12 πλῆθος; G4128 Ἡ G3588 θεῖσα G5087 τὰ G3588 βάθη G899 τῆς G3588 θαλάσσης G2281 ὁδὸν G3598 διαβάσεως ῥυομένοις G4506 [11] καὶ G2532 λελυτρωμένοις; G3084 Ὑπὸ G5259 γὰρ G1063 κυρίου G2962 ἀποστραφήσονται G654 καὶ G2532 ἥξουσιν G2240 εἰς G1519 Σιων G4622 μετ’ G3326 εὐφροσύνης G2167 καὶ G2532 ἀγαλλιάματος αἰωνίου· G166 ἐπὶ G1909 γὰρ G1063 τῆς G3588 κεφαλῆς G2776 αὐτῶν G846 ἀγαλλίασις G20 καὶ G2532 αἴνεσις, G133 καὶ G2532 εὐφροσύνη G2167 καταλήμψεται G2638 αὐτούς, G846 ἀπέδρα ὀδύνη G3601 καὶ G2532 λύπη G3077 καὶ G2532 στεναγμός. G4726 [12] Ἐγώ G1473 εἰμι G1510 ἐγώ G1473 εἰμι G1510 ὁ G3588 παρακαλῶν G3870 σε· G4571 γνῶθι G1097 τίνα G5101 εὐλαβηθεῖσα G2125 ἐφοβήθης G5399 ἀπὸ G575 ἀνθρώπου G444 θνητοῦ G2349 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 υἱοῦ G5207 ἀνθρώπου, G444 οἳ G3739 ὡσεὶ G5616 χόρτος G5528 ἐξηράνθησαν. G3583 [13] Καὶ G2532 ἐπελάθου G1950 θεὸν G2316 τὸν G3588 ποιήσαντά G4160 σε, G4571 τὸν G3588 ποιήσαντα G4160 τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 καὶ G2532 θεμελιώσαντα G2311 τὴν G3588 γῆν, G1093 καὶ G2532 ἐφόβου G5399 ἀεὶ G104 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπον G4383 τοῦ G3588 θυμοῦ G2372 τοῦ G3588 θλίβοντός G2346 σε· G4571 ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 γὰρ G1063 ἐβουλεύσατο G1011 τοῦ G3588 ἆραί G142 σε, G4571 καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ποῦ G4226 ὁ G3588 θυμὸς G2372 τοῦ G3588 θλίβοντός G2346 σε; G4571 [14] Ἐν G1722 γὰρ G1063 τῷ G3588 σῴζεσθαί G4982 σε G4571 οὐ G3756 στήσεται G2476 οὐδὲ G3761 χρονιεῖ· G5549 [15] ὅτι G3754 ἐγὼ G1473 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου G4675 ὁ G3588 ταράσσων G5015 τὴν G3588 θάλασσαν G2281 καὶ G2532 ἠχῶν G2278 τὰ G3588 κύματα G2949 αὐτῆς, G846 κύριος G2962 σαβαωθ G4519 ὄνομά G3686 μοι. G3427 [16] Θήσω G5087 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 μου G3450 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ὑπὸ G5259 τὴν G3588 σκιὰν G4639 τῆς G3588 χειρός G5495 μου G3450 σκεπάσω σε, G4571 ἐν G1722 ᾗ G3739 ἔστησα G2476 τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 καὶ G2532 ἐθεμελίωσα G2311 τὴν G3588 γῆν· G1093 καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖ G2046 Σιων G4622 Λαός G2992 μου G3450 εἶ G1488 σύ. G4771 [17] Ἐξεγείρου G1825 ἐξεγείρου G1825 ἀνάστηθι, G450 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἡ G3588 πιοῦσα G4095 τὸ G3588 ποτήριον G4221 τοῦ G3588 θυμοῦ G2372 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 κυρίου· G2962 τὸ G3588 ποτήριον G4221 γὰρ G1063 τῆς G3588 πτώσεως, G4431 τὸ G3588 κόνδυ τοῦ G3588 θυμοῦ G2372 ἐξέπιες καὶ G2532 ἐξεκένωσας. [18] Καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 παρακαλῶν G3870 σε G4571 ἀπὸ G575 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 τέκνων G5043 σου, G4675 ὧν G3739 ἔτεκες, G5088 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 ἀντιλαμβανόμενος G482 τῆς G3588 χειρός G5495 σου G4675 οὐδὲ G3761 ἀπὸ G575 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 υἱῶν G5207 σου, G4675 ὧν G3739 ὕψωσας. G5312 [19] Δύο G1417 ταῦτα G5023 ἀντικείμενά G480 σοι· G4671 τίς G5101 σοι G4671 συλλυπηθήσεται; G4818 Πτῶμα G4430 καὶ G2532 σύντριμμα, G4938 λιμὸς G3042 καὶ G2532 μάχαιρα· G3162 τίς G5101 σε G4571 παρακαλέσει; G3870 [20] Οἱ G3588 υἱοί G5207 σου G4675 οἱ G3588 ἀπορούμενοι, G639 οἱ G3588 καθεύδοντες G2518 ἐπ’ G1909 ἄκρου G206 πάσης G3956 ἐξόδου G1841 ὡς G5613 σευτλίον ἡμίεφθον, οἱ G3588 πλήρεις G4134 θυμοῦ G2372 κυρίου, G2962 ἐκλελυμένοι G1590 διὰ G1223 κυρίου G2962 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ. G2316 [21] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἄκουε, G191 τεταπεινωμένη G5013 καὶ G2532 μεθύουσα G3184 οὐκ G3756 ἀπὸ G575 οἴνου· G3631 [22] οὕτως G3779 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 κρίνων G2919 τὸν G3588 λαὸν G2992 αὐτοῦ G846 Ἰδοὺ G2400 εἴληφα G2983 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 χειρός G5495 σου G4675 τὸ G3588 ποτήριον G4221 τῆς G3588 πτώσεως, G4431 τὸ G3588 κόνδυ τοῦ G3588 θυμοῦ, G2372 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 προσθήσῃ G4369 ἔτι G2089 πιεῖν G4095 αὐτό· G846 [23] καὶ G2532 ἐμβαλῶ G1685 αὐτὸ G846 εἰς G1519 τὰς G3588 χεῖρας G5495 τῶν G3588 ἀδικησάντων G91 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 ταπεινωσάντων G5013 σε, G4571 οἳ G3739 εἶπαν G2036 τῇ G3588 ψυχῇ G5590 σου G4675 Κύψον, G2955 ἵνα G2443 παρέλθωμεν· G3928 καὶ G2532 ἔθηκας G5087 ἴσα G2470 τῇ G3588 γῇ G1093 τὰ G3588 μετάφρενά σου G4675 ἔξω G1854 τοῖς G3588 παραπορευομένοις. G3899
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament