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)

⁷ “Hear me, you who know what is right,^(F)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:^(G)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.^(H)
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(I)
    the worm^(J) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(K)
    my salvation through all generations.”

⁹ Awake, awake,^(L) arm^(M) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(N)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(O)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(P) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(Q) through?
¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(R)
    the waters of the great deep,^(S)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(T)
    so that the redeemed^(U) might cross over?
¹¹ Those the Lord has rescued^(V) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(W)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(X) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(Y)