7. Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction: do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.
8. For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever,and My salvation for all generations.
9. Wake up, wake up!Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.Wake up as in days past,as in generations of long ago.Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces, who pierced the sea monster?
10. Wasn’t it You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep,who made the sea-bed into a roadfor the redeemed to pass over?
11. And the redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing,crowned with unending joy.Joy and gladness will overtake them,and sorrow and sighing will flee.
12. I — I am the One who comforts you.Who are you that you should fear man who dies, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
13. But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,who stretched out the heavensand laid the foundations of the earth. You are in constant dread all day longbecause of the fury of the oppressor,who has set himself to destroy.But where is the fury of the oppressor?
14. The prisoner is soon to be set free;he will not die and go to the Pit,and his food will not be lacking.
15. For I am Yahweh your Godwho stirs up the sea so that its waves roar —His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
16. I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you in the shadow of My hand, in order to plant the heavens,to found the earth,and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”