Isaiah 52-54

English Standard Version

The Lord's Coming Salvation

52 ^(A)Awake, awake,
    put on your strength, O Zion;
^(B)put on your beautiful garments,
    O Jerusalem, ^(C)the holy city;
^(D)for there shall no more come into you
    the uncircumcised and the unclean.
²^(E)Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
    be seated, O Jerusalem;
^(F)loose the bonds from your neck,
    O captive daughter of Zion.

³For thus says the Lord: ^(G)“You were sold for nothing, and ^(H)you shall be redeemed without money.” ⁴For thus says the Lord God: ^(I)“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.^[a] ⁵Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and ^(J)continually all the day my name is despised. ⁶Therefore my people shall know my name. ^(K)Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”

⁷^(L)How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, ^(M)who brings good news of happiness,
    who publishes salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
⁸The voice of ^(N)your watchmen—they lift up their voice;
    together they sing for joy;
^(O)for eye to eye they see
    the return of the Lord to Zion.
⁹^(P)Break forth together into singing,
    ^(Q)you waste places of Jerusalem,
for ^(R)the Lord has comforted his people;
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰^(S)The Lord has bared his holy arm
    before the eyes of all the nations,
^(T)and all the ends of the earth shall see
    the salvation of our God.

¹¹^(U)Depart, depart, go out from there;
    touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
    ^(V)you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
¹²For you shall not ^(W)go out in haste,
    and you shall not go in flight,
^(X)for the Lord will go before you,
    ^(Y)and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

¹³Behold, ^(Z)my servant shall act wisely;^[b]
    he shall be high and lifted up,
    and shall be exalted.
¹⁴As many were astonished at you—
    ^(AA)his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
    and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
¹⁵so ^(AB)shall he sprinkle^[c] many nations.
    ^(AC)Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,
^(AD)for that which has not been told them they see,
    and that which they have not heard they understand.
53 ^(AE)Who has believed what he has heard from us?^[d]
    And to whom has ^(AF)the arm of the Lord been revealed?
²For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    ^(AG)and like a root out of dry ground;
^(AH)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
³^(AI)He was despised and rejected^[e] by men,
    a man of sorrows^[f] and acquainted with^[g] grief;^[h]
and as one from whom men hide their faces^[i]
    he was despised, and ^(AJ)we esteemed him not.

⁴^(AK)Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    ^(AL)smitten by God, and afflicted.
⁵^(AM)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    ^(AN)and with his wounds we are healed.
⁶^(AO)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
^(AP)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    ^(AQ)yet he opened not his mouth;
^(AR)like a ^(AS)lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.
⁸By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, ^(AT)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?
⁹And they made his grave with the wicked
    ^(AU)and with a rich man in his death,
although ^(AV)he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰Yet ^(AW)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;^[j]
^(AX)when his soul makes^[k] an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
^(AY)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
¹¹Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see^[l] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall ^(AZ)the righteous one, my servant,
    ^(BA)make many to be accounted righteous,
    ^(BB)and he shall bear their iniquities.
¹²^(BC)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,^[m]
    ^(BD)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,^[n]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
^(BE)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

54 ^(BF)“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
    break forth into singing and cry aloud,
    you who have not been in labor!
For the children of ^(BG)the desolate one ^(BH)will be more
    than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
²^(BI)“Enlarge the place of your tent,
    and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
    and strengthen your stakes.
³^(BJ)For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
    and your offspring will possess the nations
    and will people the desolate cities.

⁴“Fear not, ^(BK)for you will not be ashamed;
    be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
    and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
⁵^(BL)For your Maker is your husband,
    the Lord of hosts is his name;
^(BM)and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
    ^(BN)the God of the whole earth he is called.
⁶^(BO)For the Lord has called you
    like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
    says your God.
⁷^(BP)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
⁸^(BQ)In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
^(BR)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

⁹“This is like ^(BS)the days of Noah^[o] to me:
    as I swore that the waters of Noah
    should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
    and will not rebuke you.
¹⁰For the mountains may depart
    and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
    and ^(BT)my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

¹¹^(BU)“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
    behold, ^(BV)I will set your stones in antimony,
    ^(BW)and lay your foundations with sapphires.^[p]
¹²I will make your pinnacles of agate,^[q]
    your gates of carbuncles,^[r]
    and all your wall of precious stones.
¹³^(BX)All your children ^(BY)shall be taught by the Lord,
    ^(BZ)and great shall be the peace of your children.
¹⁴In righteousness you shall be established;
    you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
    and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵^(CA)If anyone stirs up strife,
    it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
    shall fall because of you.
¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith
    who blows the fire of coals
    and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
¹⁷    no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
    and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
    ^(CB)and their vindication^[s] from me, declares the Lord.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 52:4 Or the Assyrian has oppressed them of late
Isaiah 52:13 Or shall prosper
Isaiah 52:15 Or startle
Isaiah 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?
Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us
Isaiah 53:10 Or he has made him sick
Isaiah 53:10 Or when you make his soul
Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous
Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah
Isaiah 54:11 Or lapis lazuli
Isaiah 54:12 Or jasper, or ruby
Isaiah 54:12 Or crystal
Isaiah 54:17 Or righteousness

Psalm 119:91-128

English Standard Version

⁹¹By your ^(A)appointment they stand this day,
    for all things are your servants.
⁹²If your law had not been my ^(B)delight,
    I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have ^(C)given me life.
⁹⁴I am yours; save me,
    ^(D)for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your testimonies.
⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commandment is exceedingly ^(E)broad.

Mem

⁹⁷Oh how ^(F)I love your law!
    It is my ^(G)meditation all the day.
⁹⁸Your commandment makes me ^(H)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for ^(I)your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰I understand more than ^(J)the aged,^[a]
    for I ^(K)keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹I ^(L)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
¹⁰²I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³How ^(M)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore ^(N)I hate every false way.

Nun

¹⁰⁵^(O)Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶I have ^(P)sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to keep your ^(Q)righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷I am severely ^(R)afflicted;
    ^(S)give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
¹⁰⁸Accept ^(T)my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and ^(U)teach me your rules.
¹⁰⁹I hold my life ^(V)in my hand continually,
    but I do not ^(W)forget your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid ^(X)a snare for me,
    but ^(Y)I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your testimonies are ^(Z)my heritage forever,
    for they are ^(AA)the joy of my heart.
¹¹²I ^(AB)incline my heart to perform your statutes
    forever, ^(AC)to the end.^[b]

Samekh

¹¹³I hate ^(AD)the double-minded,
    but I love ^(AE)your law.
¹¹⁴You are my ^(AF)hiding place and my ^(AG)shield;
    I ^(AH)hope in your word.
¹¹⁵^(AI)Depart from me, you evildoers,
    that I may ^(AJ)keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶Uphold me ^(AK)according to your promise, that I may live,
    and let me not be ^(AL)put to shame in my ^(AM)hope!
¹¹⁷^(AN)Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for your statutes continually!
¹¹⁸You ^(AO)spurn all who ^(AP)go astray from your statutes,
    for their cunning is in vain.
¹¹⁹All the wicked of the earth you discard like ^(AQ)dross,
    therefore ^(AR)I love your testimonies.
¹²⁰My flesh ^(AS)trembles for fear of you,
    and I am afraid of your judgments.

Ayin

¹²¹I have done what is just and right;
    do not leave me to my oppressors.
¹²²Give your servant ^(AT)a pledge of good;
    let not ^(AU)the insolent oppress me.
¹²³My ^(AV)eyes long for your salvation
    and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
¹²⁴Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,
    and ^(AW)teach me your statutes.
¹²⁵I am your ^(AX)servant; ^(AY)give me understanding,
    that I may know your testimonies!
¹²⁶It is time for the Lord to act,
    for your law has been broken.
¹²⁷Therefore I ^(AZ)love your commandments
    above gold, above fine gold.
¹²⁸Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
    I hate every ^(BA)false way.