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“Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength,
    you arm[a] of the Lord!
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of long ago.
Was it not you who split apart[b] Rehob,[c]
    who pierced that sea monster through?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:9 I.e. the Messiah
  2. Isaiah 51:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac Vulg (cf. Job 26:12). MT LXXmss read cut in pieces
  3. Isaiah 51:9 So 1QIsaa MT qere reads Rahab
  4. Isaiah 51:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac MT Vulg; LXX lacks Was it…through?