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Rh :And stay upon his God.
 * Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,
 * That gird yourselves with firebrands,
 * Begone in the flame of your fire,
 * And among the brands that ye have kindled.
 * This shall ye have of My hand;
 * Ye shall lie down in sorrow.


 * Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness,
 * Ye that seek the ;
 * Look unto the rock whence ye were hewn,
 * And to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
 * Look unto Abraham your father,
 * And unto Sarah that bore you;
 * For when he was but one I called him,
 * And I blessed him, and made him many.
 * For the hath comforted Zion;
 * He hath comforted all her waste places,
 * And hath made her wilderness like Eden,
 * And her desert like the garden of the ;
 * Joy and gladness shall be found therein,
 * Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.


 * Attend unto Me, O My people,
 * And give ear unto Me, O My nation;
 * For instruction shall go forth from Me,
 * And My right on a sudden for a light of the peoples.
 * My favour is near,
 * My salvation is gone forth,
 * And Mine arms shall judge the peoples;
 * The isles shall wait for Me,
 * And on Mine arm shall they trust.
 * 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 favour shall not be abolished.


 * Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness,
 * The people in whose heart is My law;
 * Fear ye not the taunt of men,
 * Neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
 * For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
 * And the worm shall eat them like wool;
 * But My favour shall be for ever,
 * And My salvation unto all generations.


 * Awake, awake, put on strength,
 * O arm of the ;
 * Awake, as in the days of old,
 * The generations of ancient times.
 * Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces,
 * That pierced the dragon?
 * Art thou not it that dried up the sea,
 * The waters of the great deep;
 * That made the depths of the sea a way
 * For the redeemed to pass over?
 * And the ransomed of the shall return,
 * And come with singing unto Zion,
 * And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
 * They shall obtain gladness and joy,
 * And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.