Isaiah 51:7-16

English Standard Version

^7 (A)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    the people ^(B)in whose heart is my law;
^(C)fear not the reproach of man,
    nor be dismayed at their revilings.
^8 (D)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
^(E)but my righteousness will be forever,
    and my salvation to all generations.”

^9 (F)Awake, awake, ^(G)put on strength,
    O ^(H)arm of the Lord;
awake, ^(I)as in days of old,
    the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut ^(J)Rahab in pieces,
    who pierced ^(K)the dragon?
^10 (L)Was it not 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 (M)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
    and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
    they shall obtain gladness and joy,
    and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

¹² “I, I am he ^(N)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of ^(O)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made ^(P)like grass,
¹³ and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    ^(Q)who stretched out the heavens
    and ^(R)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of ^(S)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of ^(T)the oppressor?
^14 (U)He who is bowed down shall speedily be released;
    he shall not die and go down ^(V)to the pit,
    neither shall his bread be lacking.
¹⁵ I am the Lord your God,
    ^(W)who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    the Lord of hosts is his name.
^16 (X)And I have put my words in your mouth
    ^(Y)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
^(Z)establishing^[a] the heavens
    and ^(AA)laying the foundations of the earth,
    and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”