Isaiah 51:9–16

9 Awake, awake,n armo of the Lord,

clothe yourself with strength!p

Awake, as in days gone by,

as in generations of old.q

Was it not you who cut Rahabr to pieces,

who pierced that monsters through?

10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,t

the waters of the great deep,u

who made a road in the depths of the seav

so that the redeemedw might cross over?

11 Those the Lord has rescuedx will return.

They will enter Zion with singing;y

everlasting joy will crown their heads.

Gladness and joyz will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee away.a

12 “I, even I, am he who comfortsb you.

Who are you that you fearc mere mortals,d

human beings who are but grass,e

13 that you forgetf the Lord your Maker,g

who stretches out the heavensh

and who lays the foundations of the earth,

that you live in constant terrori every day

because of the wrath of the oppressor,

who is bent on destruction?

For where is the wrath of the oppressor?j

14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;k

they will not die in their dungeon,

nor will they lack bread.l

15 For I am the Lord your God,

who stirs up the seam so that its waves roarn—

the Lord Almightyo is his name.

16 I have put my words in your mouthp

and covered you with the shadow of my handq—

I who set the heavens in place,

who laid the foundations of the earth,r

and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.s’ ”