1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, *
and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.
2 For behold, darkness covers the land; *
deep gloom enshrouds the peoples.
3 But over you the LORD will rise, *
and his glory will appear upon you.
4 Nations will stream to your light, *
and kings to the brightness of your dawning.
5 Your gates will always be open; *
by day or night they will never be shut.
6 They will call you ‘The City of the LORD’, *
and ‘The Zion of the Holy One of Israel’.
7 Violence will no more be heard in your land, *
ruin or destruction within your borders.
8 You will call your walls ‘Salvation’, *
and all your portals, ‘Praise’.
9 The sun will no more be your light by day; *
by night you will not need the brightness of the moon.
10 For the LORD will be your everlasting light! *
Your God will be your glory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.