6. “I, Yahweh, have called Youfor a righteous purpose, and I will hold You by Your hand. I will keep You and appoint Youto be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
7. in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
8. I am Yahweh, that is My name;I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols.
9. The past events have indeed happened.Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”
10. Sing a new song to the Lord; sing His praise from the ends of the earth,you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you islands with your inhabitants.
11. Let the desert and its cities shout,the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12. Let them give glory to the Lordand declare His praise in the islands.
13. The Lord advances like a warrior;He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. He shouts, He roars aloud,He prevails over His enemies.