⁴ “Listen to me, my people;^(A)
    hear me,^(B) my nation:
Instruction^(C) will go out from me;
    my justice^(D) will become a light to the nations.^(E)
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(F) is on the way,^(G)
    and my arm^(H) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(I) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(J) for my arm.
⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(K)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(L)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(M) will last forever,^(N)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(O)

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