61:2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

61:2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

61:3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

61:4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

61:5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

61:6Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

61:6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

61:7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

61:8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

61:8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

61:9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

61:11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

62:1(To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.) Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

62:1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

62:2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

62:2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

62:3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

62:4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

62:5For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

62:6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

62:7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

62:8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

62:9But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

62:10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

62:11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

62:12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

63:1(A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.) O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

63:2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

63:4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

63:5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.