8. They shall be like a garment eaten by moths,like wool consumed by grubs;But my victory shall remain forever,my salvation, for all generations.
9. Awake, awake, put on strength,arm of the Lord!Awake as in the days of old,in ages long ago!Was it not you who crushed Rahab,you who pierced the dragon?
10. Was it not you who dried up the sea,the waters of the great deep,You who made the depths of the sea into a wayfor the redeemed to pass through?
11. Those whom the Lord has ransomed will returnand enter Zion singing,crowned with everlasting joy;They will meet with joy and gladness,sorrow and mourning will flee.
12. I, it is I who comfort you.Can you then fear mortals who die,human beings who are just grass,
13. And forget the Lord, your maker,who stretched out the heavensand laid the foundations of earth?All the day you are in constant dreadof the fury of the oppressorWhen he prepares himself to destroy;but where is the oppressor’s fury?
14. The captives shall soon be released;they shall not die and go down into the pit,nor shall they want for bread.
15. For I am the Lord, your God,who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;the Lord of hosts by name.
16. I have put my words into your mouth,I covered you, shielded by my hand,Stretching out the heavens,laying the foundations of the earth,saying to Zion: You are my people.
17. Wake up, wake up!Arise, Jerusalem,You who drank at the Lord’s handthe cup of his wrath;Who drained to the dregsthe bowl of staggering!
18. She has no one to guide herof all the children she bore;She has no one to take her by the hand,of all the children she reared!—
19. Your misfortunes are double;who is there to grieve with you?Desolation and destruction, famine and sword!Who is there to comfort you?
20. Your children lie helplessat every street cornerlike antelopes in a net.They are filled with the wrath of the Lord,the rebuke of your God.