1. “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,you who seek the Lord:look to the rock from which you were hewn,and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2. Look to Abraham your fatherand to Sarah who bore you;for he was but one when I called him,that I might bless him and multiply him.
3. For the Lord comforts Zion;he comforts all her waste placesand makes her wilderness like Eden,her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her,thanksgiving and the voice of song.
4. “Give attention to me, my people,and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me,and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5. My righteousness draws near,my salvation has gone out,and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me,and for my arm they wait.