23 ^aSing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ^bglorified Himself in Israel. ‡

24 Thus says the Lord, ^ayour Redeemer,
And ^bHe who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
^cWho stretches out the heavens¹ all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; ‡

26 ^aWho confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places; ‡

27 ^aWho says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’; ‡