People Formed by Yahweh
I Am Yahweh, your Holy One,
I Am the Creator of Israel, I Am your King.
This is what Yahweh says –
Who makes a way in the sea,
and a path through surging waters,
Who brings out the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty one together
(they lie down, they stay down;
they are put out, quenched like a wick) –
“Don’t think about past events,
pay no attention to things as they were.
Look! I am about to do something new;
It’s coming. Do you not see it?
Look! I will make a road in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches – the strange ones,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert
to give drink to My people – the chosen ones.
The people I formed for Myself
will make My praise known.
Make His praise known.
Do not be shy or fearful.
Praise His name and His character.
Praise His intentions.
Praise Him.
(From Isaiah 43)