¹⁸ “Forget the former things;^(A)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(B)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(C)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(D)
20 The wild animals^(E) honor me,
    the jackals^(F) and the owls,
because I provide water^(G) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹     the people I formed^(H) for myself^(I)
    that they may proclaim my praise.^(J)