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“Listen to me, you who know what is right.
    Pay attention, you who have taken my instruction to heart.
Do not be afraid when mere human beings make fun of you.
    Do not be terrified when they laugh at you.
They will be like clothes that moths have eaten up.
    They will be like wool that worms have chewed up.
But my saving power will last forever.
    I will save you for all time to come.”

Wake up, arm of the Lord! Wake up!
    Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes!
Wake up, just as you did in the past.
    Wake up, as you did long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab to pieces?
    Didn’t you stab that sea monster to death?

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“Hear me, you who know what is right,(A)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(B)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.(C)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(D)
    the worm(E) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(F)
    my salvation through all generations.”

Awake, awake,(G) arm(H) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!(I)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.(J)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(K) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster(L) through?

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