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(A)Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh;
Awake as in the (B)days of old, the generations of long ago.
(C)Was it not You who chopped Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the (D)dragon?
10 Was it not You who (E)dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep,
Who made the depths of the sea a pathway
For the (F)redeemed to cross over?
11 So the (G)ransomed of Yahweh will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
And (H)everlasting gladness will be on their heads.
They will obtain joy and gladness,
And (I)sorrow and sighing will flee away.

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Awake! Awake; put on strength, O arm of Yahweh!
    Awake as in days of long ago,
        the generations of a long time back!
Are you not the one who cut Rahab in pieces,
    the one who pierced the sea-dragon?
10 Are you not the one who dried up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep,
the one who made[a] the depths of the sea a way
    for those who are redeemed to cross over?
11 So[b] the redeemed ones of Yahweh shall return,
    and they shall come to Zion with singing,
        and everlasting joy shall be on their heads.[c]
Joy and gladness shall appear;[d]
    sorrow and sighing shall flee away!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:10 Literally “placed”
  2. Isaiah 51:11 Or “And”
  3. Isaiah 51:11 Hebrew “head”
  4. Isaiah 51:11 Literally “reach”