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He will not be faint or crushedUntil He has established justice in the earth;And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law."

Sing to Yahweh a new song,Sing His praise from the end of the earth!You who go down to the sea, as well as its fullness.You coastlands, and those who inhabit them.

Let them give glory to YahwehAnd declare His praise in the coastlands.

Yahweh will go forth like a warrior;He will awaken His zeal like a man of war.He will make a loud shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.He will prevail against His enemies.

Yahweh was pleased for His righteousness' sakeThat He make the law great and majestic.

So He poured out on him the heat of His angerAnd the fierceness of battle;And it set him aflame all around,Yet he did not know it;And it burned him, but he did not set it upon his heart.

This one will say, ‘I am Yahweh's';And this one will call on the name of Jacob;And this one will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to Yahweh,'And will name Israel's name with honor.

"Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:‘I am the first, and I am the last,And there is no God besides Me.

Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. The craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them be in dread, let them together be put to shame.

The man crafts iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful arm. He also gets hungry and has no power; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god."

No one causes this to return to his heart, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination; I fall down before a block of wood!"

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, and he cannot say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

Shout for joy, O heavens, for Yahweh has done it!Make a loud shout, you lower parts of the earth;Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains,O forest, and every tree in it;For Yahweh has redeemed JacobAnd in Israel He shows forth His beautiful glory.

Confirming the word of His servant—And the counsel of His messengers He will complete—And being the One who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!'And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built.'And I will raise up her waste places again.

Thus says Yahweh to Cyrus His anointed,Whom I have taken hold of by his right hand,To subdue nations before himAnd to loose the loins of kings,To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

"Woe to the one who contends with his Maker—An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth!Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?'Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands'?

Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:"Ask Me about the things that are to come concerning My sons,And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.

I have awakened him in righteousness,And I will make all his ways smooth;He will build My city and will let My exiles go,Without any payment or reward," says Yahweh of hosts.

They carry it upon the shoulder and bear it;They set it in its place, and it stands there.It does not move from its place.Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer;It cannot save him from his distress.