1. “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,who seek the Lord!Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,at the quarry from which you were dug!
2. Look at Abraham, your father,and Sarah, who gave you birth.When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
3. Certainly the Lord will console Zion;he will console all her ruins.He will make her wilderness like Eden,her desert like the Garden of the Lord.Happiness and joy will be restored to her,thanksgiving and the sound of music.
4. Pay attention to me, my people!Listen to me, my people!For I will issue a decree,I will make my justice a light to the nations.
5. I am ready to vindicate,I am ready to deliver,I will establish justice among the nations.The coastlands wait patiently for me;they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.
6. Look up at the sky!Look at the earth below!For the sky will dissipate like smoke,and the earth will wear out like clothes;its residents will die like gnats.But the deliverance I give is permanent;the vindication I provide will not disappear.