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.

²⁴ Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
    who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who by myself spread out the earth;
²⁵ who frustrates the omens of liars,
    and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise,
    and makes their knowledge foolish;
²⁶ who confirms the word of his servant,
    and fulfils the prediction of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited’,
    and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,
    and I will raise up their ruins’;
²⁷ who says to the deep, ‘Be dry—
    I will dry up your rivers’;
²⁸ who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,
    and he shall carry out all my purpose’;
and who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be rebuilt’,
    and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’

⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down,
    let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
⁷ For he is our God,
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.

O that today you would listen to his voice!