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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.”
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 (QalImpv) to me, ye that follow after H7291 (QalActPtc) righteousness, H6664 ye that seek H1245 (PielPtc) the Lord: H3068 look H5027 (HiphImpv) unto the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn, H2672 (PualPerf) and to the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged. H5365 (PualPerf) [2] Look H5027 (HiphImpv) unto Abraham H85 your father, H1 and unto Sarah H8283 that bare H2342 (PoleImpf) you: for I called H7121 (QalPerf) him alone, H259 and blessed H1288 (PielImpf) him, and increased H7235 (HiphImpf) him. [3] For the Lord H3068 shall comfort H5162 (PielPerf) Zion: H6726 he will comfort H5162 (PielPerf) all her waste places; H2723 and he will make H7760 (QalImpf) 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 (NiphImpf) therein, thanksgiving, H8426 and the voice H6963 of melody. H2172 [4] Hearken H7181 (HiphImpv) unto me, my people; H5971 and give ear H238 (HiphImpv) unto me, O my nation: H3816 for a law H8451 shall proceed H3318 (QalImpf) from me, and I will make my judgment H4941 to rest H7280 (HiphImpf) for a light H216 of the people. H5971 [5] My righteousness H6664 is near; H7138 my salvation H3468 is gone forth, H3318 (QalPerf) and mine arms H2220 shall judge H8199 (QalImpf) the people; H5971 the isles H339 shall wait H6960 (PielImpf) upon me, and on mine arm H2220 shall they trust. H3176 (PielImpf) [6] Lift up H5375 (QalImpv) your eyes H5869 to the heavens, H8064 and look H5027 (HiphImpv) upon the earth H776 beneath: for the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 (NiphPerf) like smoke, H6227 and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 (QalImpf) like a garment, H899 and they that dwell H3427 (QalActPtc) therein shall die H4191 (QalImpf) in like H3644 manner: H3654 but my salvation H3444 shall be for ever, H5769 and my righteousness H6666 shall not be abolished. H2865 (NiphImpf) [7] Hearken H8085 (QalImpv) unto me, ye that know H3045 (QalActPtc) righteousness, H6664 the people H5971 in whose heart H3820 is my law; H8451 fear H3372 (QalImpf) ye not the reproach H2781 of men, H582 neither be ye afraid H2865 (NiphImpf) of their revilings. H1421 [8] For the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 (QalImpf) like a garment, H899 and the worm H5580 shall eat H398 (QalImpf) 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 (QalImpv) awake, H5782 (QalImpv) put on H3847 (QalImpv) strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the Lord; H3068 awake, H5782 (QalImpv) as in the ancient H6924 days, H3117 in the generations H1755 of old. H5769 Art thou not it that hath cut H2672 (HiphPtc) Rahab, H7294 and wounded H2490 (PoelPtc) the dragon? H8577 [10] Art thou not it which hath dried H2717 (HiphPtc) the sea, H3220 the waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep; H8415 that hath made H7760 (QalPerf) the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a way H1870 for the ransomed H1350 (QalPasPtc) to pass over? H5674 (QalInf) [11] Therefore the redeemed H6299 (QalPasPtc) of the Lord H3068 shall return, H7725 (QalImpf) and come H935 (QalPerf) with singing H7440 unto Zion; H6726 and everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be upon their head: H7218 they shall obtain H5381 (HiphImpf) gladness H8342 and joy; H8057 and sorrow H3015 and mourning H585 shall flee away. H5127 (QalPerf) [12] I, even I, am he that comforteth H5162 (PielPtc) you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid H3372 (QalImpf) of a man H582 that shall die, H4191 (QalImpf) and of the son H1121 of man H120 which shall be made H5414 (NiphImpf) as grass; H2682 [13] and forgettest H7911 (QalImpf) the Lord H3068 thy maker, H6213 (QalActPtc) that hath stretched forth H5186 (QalActPtc) the heavens, H8064 and laid the foundations H3245 (QalPtc) of the earth; H776 and hast feared H6342 (PielImpf) continually H8548 every day H3117 because H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor, H6693 (HiphPtc) as if H834 he were ready H3559 (PolePerf)§ to destroy? H7843 (HiphInf) and where is the fury H2534 of the oppressor? H6693 (HiphPtc) [14] The captive exile H6808 (QalActPtc) hasteneth H4116 (PielPerf) that he may be loosed, H6605 (NiphInf) and that he should not die H4191 (QalImpf) in the pit, H7845 nor that his bread H3899 should fail. H2637 (QalImpf) [15] But I am the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 that divided H7280 (QalActPtc) the sea, H3220 whose waves H1530 roared: H1993 (QalImpf) The Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name. H8034 [16] And I have put H7760 (QalImpf) my words H1697 in thy mouth, H6310 and I have covered H3680 (PielPerf) thee in the shadow H6738 of mine hand, H3027 that I may plant H5193 (QalInf) the heavens, H8064 and lay the foundations H3245 (QalInf) of the earth, H776 and say H559 (QalInf) unto Zion, H6726 Thou art my people. H5971 [17] Awake, H5782 (HiplImpv) awake, H5782 (HiplImpv) stand up, H6965 (QalImpv) O Jerusalem, H3389 which hast drunk H8354 (QalPerf) at the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 the cup H3563 of his fury; H2534 thou hast drunken H8354 (QalPerf) the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of trembling, H8653 and wrung them out. H4680 (QalPerf) [18] There is none to guide H5095 (PielPtc) her among all the sons H1121 whom she hath brought forth; H3205 (QalPerf) neither is there any that taketh H2388 (HiphPtc) her by the hand H3027 of all the sons H1121 that she hath brought up. H1431 (PielPerf) [19] These two H8147 things are come§ H7122 (QalActPtc) unto thee; who shall be sorry H5110 (QalImpf) for thee? desolation, H7701 and destruction, H7667§ and the famine, H7458 and the sword: H2719 by whom shall I comfort H5162 (PielImpf) thee? [20] Thy sons H1121 have fainted, H5968 (PualPerf) they lie H7901 (QalPerf) 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 (QalImpv) now this, thou afflicted, H6041 and drunken, H7937 (QalPasPtc) but not with wine: H3196 [22] thus saith H559 (QalPerf) thy Lord H113 the Lord, H3068 and thy God H430 that pleadeth H7378 (QalImpf) the cause of his people, H5971 Behold, I have taken out H3947 (QalPerf) of thine hand H3027 the cup H3563 of trembling, H8653 even the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of my fury; H2534 thou shalt no more H3254 (HiphImpf) drink it again: H8354 (QalInf) [23] but I will put H7760 (QalPerf) it into the hand H3027 of them that afflict H3013 (HiphPtc) thee; which have said H559 (QalPerf) to thy soul, H5315 Bow down, H7812 (QalImpv) that we may go over: H5674 (QalImpf) and thou hast laid H7760 (QalImpf) thy body H1460 as the ground, H776 and as the street, H2351 to them that went over. H5674 (QalActPtc)Footnotes
- § 51:13 Or, made himself ready
- § 51:19a Heb. happened
- § 51:19b Heb. breaking
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