51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 1
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry 2 from which you were dug! 3
[51:1] 1 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”
[51:1] 2 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”
[51:1] 3 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.
