A SONG OF PRAISE

10 Sing a new song to the Lord;g

sing his praise from the ends of the earth,

you who go down to the sea with all that fills it,h

you coasts and islands with yourA inhabitants.

11 Let the desert and its cities shout,

the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.i

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;j

let them cry out from the mountaintops.

12 Let them give glory to the Lord

and declare his praise in the coasts and islands.

13 The Lord advances like a warrior;

he stirs up his zeal like a soldier.k

He shouts, he roars aloud,

he prevails over his enemies.

14 “I have kept silent from ages past;

I have been quiet and restrained myself.l

But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,m

gasping breathlessly.

15 I will lay waste mountains and hills

and dry up all their vegetation.

I will turn rivers into islands

and dry up marshes.n

16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;o

I will guide them on paths they have not known.

I will turn darkness to light in front of themp

and rough places into level ground.q

This is what I will do for them,

and I will not abandon them.r

17 They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—

those who trust in an idol

and say to a cast image,

‘You are our gods!’s