1 “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness,you who seek the Lord:look to the rock you were cut from,and to the quarry you were dug from.
2 Look to Abraham your father,and to Sarah who bore you;for when he was but one I called him,and I blessed him,and made him many.
3 For the Lord has comforted Zion.He has comforted all her waste places,and has made her wilderness like Eden,and her desert like the garden of the Lord.Joy and gladness will be found therein,thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4 “Listen to me, my people;and hear me, my nation:for a law will go out from me,and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 My righteousness is near.My salvation has gone out,and my arms will judge the peoples.The islands will wait for me,and they will trust my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,and look on the earth beneath;for the heavens will vanish away like smoke,and the earth will wear out like a garment;and its inhabitants will die in the same way:but my salvation will be forever,and my righteousness will not be abolished.