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19 I am creating something new.
    There it is! Do you see it?
I have put roads in deserts,
    streams[a] in thirsty lands.
20 Every wild animal honors me,
    even jackals[b] and owls.
I provide water in deserts—
streams in thirsty lands
    for my chosen people.
21 I made them my own nation,
    so they would praise me.

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Footnotes

  1. 43.19 streams: The Standard Hebrew Text; the Dead Sea Scrolls “paths.”
  2. 43.20 jackals: Desert animals related to wolves, but smaller.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.(C)
20 The wild animals(D) honor me,
    the jackals(E) and the owls,
because I provide water(F) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21     the people I formed(G) for myself(H)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(I)

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