Uri

Movement I — Tzedek (Isaiah 51:1–8) [verse] Look to the rock from which you were hewn Look to the quarry from which you were dug Look to Abraham — Sarah who bore you One man when I called him I blessed him and made him many Take heart, you who are laid waste I will comfort, I will make you new Your waste places, a garden again Listen to me, my peoples, O hear me My nations, give ear My law will go out and my justice will rise A light to the peoples My tzedek draws near and my salvation breaks forth The coastlands are waiting The nations are waiting for me Listen to me, you who carry my tzedek Who treasure my law in your heart Do not fear the reproach of mortal man Do not shrink from their contempt The moth will consume them like clothing The worm will devour them like wool But my tzedek endures and my salvation stands From this age to the age yet to come Isaiah 51:1–8; Genesis 12:1–3; Genesis 22:17; Romans 4:18–21; Isaiah 40:8 Movement II — Uri, uri (Isaiah 51:9–11) [chorus] Uri, uri — awake, O arm of the LORD Uri, uri — put on strength Was it not you who struck the sea monster down Who pierced the dragon through? Was it not you who dried up the great deep sea Who made the depths a road For the redeemed to pass over? The ransomed of the LORD shall return They shall come to Zion with singing Everlasting joy upon their heads Gladness and joy shall overtake them And sorrow and sighing shall flee away Isaiah 51:9–11; Exodus 14:21–22; Psalm 74:13–14; Revelation 21:4; Isaiah 35:10 Movement III — I Am He (Isaiah 51:12–16) [verse] I, I am He who comforts you Who are you that you fear mortal man Who dies, made like the grass And have forgotten the LORD your Maker Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth You are always afraid Because of the wrath of the oppressor But where is the wrath of the oppressor now? I am the LORD your God Who causes the waves to roar I have put my words in your mouth And covered you in the shadow of my hand Saying to Zion — you are my people Isaiah 51:12–16; Isaiah 40:6–8; Psalm 90:5–6; Psalm 17:8; John 1:1–3 Movement IV — Hit’oreri, hit’oreri (Isaiah 51:17–23) [verse] Hit’oreri, hit’oreri — rouse yourself, O Jerusalem You who have drunk from the hand of the LORD The cup of his wrath You have drained it to the dregs The bowl, the cup of staggering There is none to guide her Among all the sons she has borne There is none to take her by the hand Among all the sons she has raised Your sons have fainted They lie at the head of every street Like an antelope caught in a net Full of the wrath of the LORD The rebuke of your God Therefore hear this, O afflicted one You who are drunk but not with wine Isaiah 51:17–23; Lamentations 1:1–2; Psalm 60:3; Jeremiah 25:15–17; Revelation 14:10 Movement V — Kos (Isaiah 52:1–2a) [bridge] Thus says your Lord, the LORD your God Who contends for his people See — I have taken from your hand The cup of his wrath The bowl, the cup of staggering You shall drink it no more I will put it into the hand of your tormentors Who said to you — bow down, that we may pass over And you made your back like the ground Like a street for them to walk on Isaiah 51:22–23; Matthew 26:39; Hebrews 12:2; Psalm 75:8; Revelation 18:6 Movement VI — Uri, uri (Isaiah 52:1–6) [chorus] Uri, uri — put on your strength, O Zion Put on your beautiful garments O Jerusalem, the holy city The uncircumcised and the unclean Shall enter you no more Shake yourself from the dust, arise O captive Jerusalem, rise up Loose the bonds from your neck O captive daughter of Zion My people went down to Egypt To sojourn there And Assyria oppressed them for nothing My people taken for nothing What am I doing here Their rulers wailing My name blasphemed continually Therefore my people shall know my name Therefore in that day they shall know I am he who speaks Here am I Isaiah 52:1–6; Revelation 21:27; Ezekiel 39:7; Exodus 3:14; John 8:58