Isaiah 44:23
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
23 Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
shout, O depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and will be glorified in Israel.
Psalm 98:8
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
Romans 8:19-22
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God;[a] 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;
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- 8.19 Material creation, too, shares man’s destiny, made as it was for him. Many ancient philosophers thought matter to be evil, and that the spirit should be freed from it.
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