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And stay upon his God.

¹¹Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,

That gird yourselves with firebrands,

Begone in the flame of your fire,

And among the brands that ye have kindled.

This shall ye have of My hand;

Ye shall lie down in sorrow.

 

51Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness,

Ye that seek the Lord;

Look unto the rock whence ye were hewn,

And to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

²Look unto Abraham your father,

And unto Sarah that bore you;

For when he was but one I called him,

And I blessed him, and made him many.

³For the Lord hath comforted Zion;

He hath comforted all her waste places,

And hath made her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the Lord;

Joy and gladness shall be found therein,

Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

 

⁴Attend unto Me, O My people,

And give ear unto Me, O My nation;

For instruction shall go forth from Me,

And My right on a sudden for a light of the peoples.

⁵My favour is near,

My salvation is gone forth,

And Mine arms shall judge the peoples;

The isles shall wait for Me,

And on Mine arm shall they trust.

⁶Lift up your eyes to the heavens,

And look upon the earth beneath;

For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,

And the earth shall wax old like a garment,

And they that dwell therein shall die in like manner;

But My salvation shall be for ever,

And My favour shall not be abolished.

 

⁷Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness,

The people in whose heart is My law;

Fear ye not the taunt of men,

Neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

⁸For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,

And the worm shall eat them like wool;

But My favour shall be for ever,

And My salvation unto all generations.

 

⁹Awake, awake, put on strength,

O arm of the Lord;

Awake, as in the days of old,

The generations of ancient times.

Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces,

That pierced the dragon?

¹⁰Art thou not it that dried up the sea,

The waters of the great deep;

That made the depths of the sea a way

For the redeemed to pass over?

¹¹And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,

And come with singing unto Zion,

And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;

They shall obtain gladness and joy,

And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

 

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