¹¹ “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One^(A) of Israel, and its Maker:^(B)
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?^(C)
12 It is I who made the earth^(D)
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;^(E)
    I marshaled their starry hosts.^(F)
13 I will raise up Cyrus^[a](G) in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.^(H)
He will rebuild my city^(I)
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,^(J)
    says the Lord Almighty.”

“The products^(K) of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,^[b]
    and those tall Sabeans^(L)—
they will come over to you^(M)
    and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,^(N)
    coming over to you in chains.^(O)
They will bow down before you
    and plead^(P) with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you,^(Q) and there is no other;
    there is no other god.^(R)’”

¹⁵ Truly you are a God who has been hiding^(S) himself,
    the God and Savior^(T) of Israel.
¹⁶ All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;^(U)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
¹⁷ But Israel will be saved^(V) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;^(W)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,^(X)
    to ages everlasting.

¹⁸ For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,^(Y)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,^(Z)
    but formed it to be inhabited^(AA)—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.^(AB)
19 I have not spoken in secret,^(AC)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;^(AD)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,^(AE)
    ‘Seek^(AF) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.^(AG)

²⁰ “Gather together^(AH) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant^(AI) are those who carry^(AJ) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.^(AK)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(AL) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(AM)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(AN)
a righteous God^(AO) and a Savior;^(AP)
    there is none but me.

²² “Turn^(AQ) to me and be saved,^(AR)
    all you ends of the earth;^(AS)
    for I am God, and there is no other.^(AT)
23 By myself I have sworn,^(AU)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity^(AV)
    a word that will not be revoked:^(AW)
Before me every knee will bow;^(AX)
    by me every tongue will swear.^(AY)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance^(AZ) and strength.^(BA)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.^(BB)
25 But all the descendants^(BC) of Israel
    will find deliverance^(BD) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.^(BE)

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives^(Q)
    and gave gifts to his people.”^[b](R)

¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(A)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(B)
20 Our God is a God who saves;^(C)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(D)
21 Surely God will crush the heads^(E) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(F)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(G)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(H) have their share.”

²⁴ Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(I)
25 In front are the singers,^(J) after them the musicians;^(K)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(L)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;^(M)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(N)
27 There is the little tribe^(O) of Benjamin,^(P) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(Q)

²⁸ Summon your power,^(R) God^[a];
    show us your strength,^(S) our God, as you have done^(T) before.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(U)
30 Rebuke the beast^(V) among the reeds,^(W)
    the herd of bulls^(X) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(Y) who delight in war.^(Z)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;^(AA)
    Cush^[b](AB) will submit herself to God.

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,^(AC)
    sing praise^(AD) to the Lord,
³³ to him who rides^(AE) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders^(AF) with mighty voice.^(AG)
34 Proclaim the power^(AH) of God,
    whose majesty^(AI) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵ You, God, are awesome^(AJ) in your sanctuary;^(AK)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength^(AL) to his people.^(AM)

Praise be to God!^(AN)