1	Hearken# to me, ye that follow after# righteousness, ye that seek# the LORD: look# unto the rock whence ye are hewn# , and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged# .
			2	Look# unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare# you: for I called# him alone, and blessed# him, and increased# him.
			3	For the LORD shall comfort# Zion: he will comfort# all her waste places; and he will make# her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found# therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
			4	Hearken# unto me, my people; and give ear# unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed# from me, and I will make my judgment to rest# for a light of the people.
			5	My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth# , and mine arms shall judge# the people; the isles shall wait# upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust# .
			6	Lift up# your eyes to the heavens, and look# upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away# like smoke, and the earth shall wax old# like a garment, and they that dwell# therein shall die# in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished# .
			7	Hearken# unto me, ye that know# righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear# ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid# of their revilings.
			8	For the moth shall eat them up# like a garment, and the worm shall eat# them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
			9	Awake# , awake# , put on# strength, O arm of the LORD; awake# , as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut# Rahab, and wounded# the dragon?
			10	Art thou not it which hath dried# the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made# the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed# to pass over# ?
			11	Therefore the redeemed# of the LORD shall return# , and come# with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain# gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away# .
			12	I, even I, am he that comforteth# you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid# of a man that shall die# , and of the son of man which shall be made# as grass;
			13	And forgettest# the LORD thy maker# , that hath stretched forth# the heavens, and laid the foundations# of the earth; and hast feared# continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor# , as if he were ready# to destroy# ? and where is the fury of the oppressor# ? [were...: or, made himself ready]
			14	The captive exile# hasteneth# that he may be loosed# , and that he should not die# in the pit, nor that his bread should fail# .
			15	But I am the LORD thy God, that divided# the sea, whose waves roared# : The LORD of hosts is his name.
			16	And I have put# my words in thy mouth, and I have covered# thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant# the heavens, and lay the foundations# of the earth, and say# unto Zion, Thou art my people.
			17	Awake# , awake# , stand up# , O Jerusalem, which hast drunk# at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken# the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out# .
			18	There is none to guide# her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth# ; neither is there any that taketh# her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up# .
			19	These two things are come# unto thee; who shall be sorry# for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort# thee? [are...: Heb. happened] [destruction: Heb. breaking]
			20	Thy sons have fainted# , they lie# at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
			21	Therefore hear# now this, thou afflicted, and drunken# , but not with wine:
			22	Thus saith# thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth# the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out# of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more# drink it again# :
			23	But I will put# it into the hand of them that afflict# thee; which have said# to thy soul, Bow down# , that we may go over# : and thou hast laid# thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over# .