Praise to the Lord

10 nSing to the Lord a new song,

And His praise from the ends of the earth,

oYou who go down to the sea, and 4all that is in it,

You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!

11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,

The villages that Kedar inhabits.

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,

Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory to the Lord,

And declare His praise in the coastlands.

13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;

He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.

He shall cry out, pyes, shout aloud;

He shall prevail against His enemies.

Promise of the Lord’s Help

14 “I have held My peace a long time,

I have been still and restrained Myself.

Now I will cry like a woman in 5labor,

I will pant and gasp at once.

15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills,

And dry up all their vegetation;

I will make the rivers coastlands,

And I will dry up the pools.

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

I will lead them in paths they have not known.

I will make darkness light before them,

And crooked places straight.

These things I will do for them,

And not forsake them.

17 They shall be qturned back,

They shall be greatly ashamed,

Who trust in carved images,

Who say to the molded images,

‘You are our gods.’