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.

⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(A)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(B)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(C) will last forever,^(D)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(E)

⁸ For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(A)
    the worm^(B) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(C)
    my salvation through all generations.”

⁹ Awake, awake,^(D) arm^(E) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(F)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(G)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(H) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(I) through?
¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(J)
    the waters of the great deep,^(K)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(L)
    so that the redeemed^(M) might cross over?