Your eyes shall see the King in his beauty; Your mind shall muse on the terror of the past: ! Where is he who weighed the spoil? You shall see no more the insolent people, Look at Zion, the city Where we gather for the feasts, Your eyes shall see Jerusalem. A quiet habitation, A tent immovable, Whose pegs shall never be drawn, Nor its cords ever be broken. But there we have a Glorious One, Jehovah, Instead of broad, encircling streams, No fleet with oars can enter it, For Jehovah is our Judge! He it is who will save us. 215. THE RESTORATION OF JEHOVAH'S EXILED 'Comfort, oh comfort my people,' says your God, That she has received from Jehovah double for all her sins.' Hark! one calls: 'In the wilderness clear the way of Jehovah, Make straight in the very desert a highway for our God! Let every mountain and hill sink down, every valley be uplifted, Let the steep places be made level and the rough ridges a plain. The glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all men shall see it, For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.' Hark! one says, 'Proclaim!' and I said, 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass and all its beauty like a flower of the field. Grass withers, the flower fades, when Jehovah's breath blows upon it, Grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.' Ascend a high mountain, Zion's herald of good news, Lift aloud your voice, Jerusalem's herald of good news, Lift it up fearlessly, say to Judah's cities: 'Behold your God!' Behold Jehovah comes with power and maintaining his rule; Behold, his reward is with him and his recompense before him; As a shepherd he will tend his flock, with his arm he will gather it, The lambs in his bosom he will bear, the mothers he will lead. 216. JEHOVAH'S INFINITE POWER TO SAVE Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, Or enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, And the hills in a balance? Who has directed the spirit of Jehovah, With whom has he consulted for enlightenment, And be shown the way of true insight? Lo the nations! as a drop from the bucket, And Lebanon is not enough for fuel, ⠀ *མ To whom then will you liken God, Seeks for himself a skilled craftsman Do you not know? Do you not hear? It is he enthroned above the circle of the earth, Who stretches out the heavens as a thin veil, It is he who brings princes to nought, T When he blows upon them and they wither,dar 60 A whirlwind scatters them like chaff. He who brings out their host by number, Of the many mighty and strong, Not one is missing. Why do you say, O Jacob: And declare, O Israel: 'My life is hid from Jehovah, And my right ignored by my God?' The creator of the ends of the earth, Ever renew their vigor; They mount up on pinions like eagles, They run but never grow weary, Go forward but never grow faint. 217. THE WORK AND METHODS OF JEHOVAH'S TRUE O Israel, my servant SERVANT Jacob, whom I have chosen, Offspring of Abraham, my friend, Whom I brought from the ends of the earth, And called from its most distant parts; I have chosen and have not rejected you,' Fear not, for I am your God. I will strengthen, yes, I will help you, Behold my servant, whom I uphold, He will not shout nor cry aloud, Nor let his voice be heard in the street. And a flickering wick he will not quench. Faithfully will he dispense justice; And for his teaching the coastlands wait. This is the message of the one God, Jehovah, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and all its products, Who gives breath to its inhabitants, And spirit to those who walk upon it: 'I, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness, To bring captives out of confinement, And the dwellers in darkness from prison.' 218. JEHOVAH'S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE You who are deaf hear, You blind look that you may see; Who is blind but my servant, And who as deaf as my messenger? |