⁴ “Listen to me, my people;^(N)
    hear me,^(O) my nation:
Instruction^(P) will go out from me;
    my justice^(Q) will become a light to the nations.^(R)
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation^(S) is on the way,^(T)
    and my arm^(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands^(V) will look to me
    and wait in hope^(W) for my arm.
⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,^(X)
    the earth will wear out like a garment^(Y)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation^(Z) will last forever,^(AA)
    my righteousness will never fail.^(AB)

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

⁹ Awake, awake,^(AI) arm^(AJ) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(AM) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(AN) through?
¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(AO)
    the waters of the great deep,^(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(AQ)
    so that the redeemed^(AR) might cross over?
¹¹ Those the Lord has rescued^(AS) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;^(AT)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy^(AU) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(AV)

¹² “I, even I, am he who comforts^(AW) you.
    Who are you that you fear^(AX) mere mortals,^(AY)
    human beings who are but grass,^(AZ)
13 that you forget^(BA) the Lord your Maker,^(BB)
    who stretches out the heavens^(BC)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror^(BD) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?^(BE)
14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;^(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.^(BG)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea^(BH) so that its waves roar^(BI)—
    the Lord Almighty^(BJ) is his name.
¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth^(BK)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand^(BL)—
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,^(BM)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.^(BN)’”

²¹ Therefore hear this, you afflicted^(CF) one,
    made drunk,^(CG) but not with wine.
²² This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends^(CH) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup^(CI) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(CJ)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(CK) that we may walk^(CL) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(CM)

⁵ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love^(L) may be delivered.
⁶ God has spoken from his sanctuary:
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(M)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(N)
7 Gilead^(O) is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim^(P) is my helmet,
    Judah^(Q) is my scepter.^(R)
8 Moab is my washbasin,
    on Edom I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia I shout in triumph.^(S)”

⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰ Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
12 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down our enemies.^(V)

² From the ends of the earth I call to you,
    I call as my heart grows faint;^(Y)
    lead me to the rock^(Z) that is higher than I.
³ For you have been my refuge,^(AA)
    a strong tower against the foe.^(AB)

⁴ I long to dwell^(AC) in your tent forever
    and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.^[g](AD)
5 For you, God, have heard my vows;^(AE)
    you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.^(AF)

⁶ Increase the days of the king’s life,^(AG)
    his years for many generations.^(AH)
7 May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;^(AI)
    appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.^(AJ)

⁸ Then I will ever sing in praise of your name^(AK)
    and fulfill my vows day after day.^(AL)

³ How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,^(AS) this tottering fence?
⁴ Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[i](AT)

⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(AU)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God^[j];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(AV)
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;^(AW)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(AX)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹ Surely the lowborn^(AY) are but a breath,^(AZ)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(BA) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰ Do not trust in extortion^(BB)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(BC)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(BD)

¹¹ One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(BE)
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(BF)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(BG)