For I the Lord love justice;(A)
I hate robbery and injustice;[a]
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant(B) with them.
Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,(C)
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering

“For I, the Lord, love justice;(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(B) with them.
Their descendants(C) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(D)

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(E) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(F)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(G) like a priest,
    and as a bride(H) adorns herself with her jewels.

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