1Yo, God’s talking to Cyrus, the chosen one, holding his hand to take down nations; he’s gonna unlock doors that won’t ever be closed, no cap.

2I’m gonna clear the path for you, making the rough spots smooth; I’ll smash the bronze gates and break the iron bars like it’s nothing.

3I’ll hook you up with hidden treasures and secret riches so you know I’m the Lord, the one who calls you by name and is the God of Israel.

4For Jacob and Israel, my peeps, I called you by name even if you didn’t know me, periodt.

5I’m the Lord, no one else is in the game; I got you, even if you didn’t recognize me, fr.

6They’ll realize from sunrise to sunset that I’m the only one; I’m the Lord, and there’s no competition.

7I’m the one who creates light and darkness; I bring peace and chaos; I’m the Lord, doing all this.

8Heavens, drop down and let the skies rain down justice; earth, open up and bring salvation; I made all this happen.

9Big oof to anyone fighting their Creator! Can clay ask the potter, “What are you making?” like, chill.

10Big oof to anyone asking their dad, “What did you make me?” or to a mom, “What did you bring into the world?”

11God, the Holy One of Israel, says, “Ask me about what’s coming for my kids and tell me what to do.”

12I made the earth and created humans; my hands stretched out the heavens, and I called the stars into being.

13I raised him up to do right, guiding all his moves; he’ll build my city and free my captives for free, says the Lord.

14God says, “The work of Egypt and Ethiopia’s big shots will come to you, falling down and saying, ‘God’s in you, no doubt.’”

15For real, you’re a God who keeps it low-key, O God of Israel, the Savior.

16They’ll be embarrassed and confused, all of them; the idol makers will be shook together.

17But Israel will be saved in the Lord with forever salvation; you won’t be ashamed, no cap.

18For God says, “I created the heavens and the earth; I made it to be lived in, not just for show; I’m the Lord, and there’s no one else.”

19I haven’t whispered in secret or told Jacob to seek me for nothing; I speak the truth, declaring what’s right.

20Gather up and come close, you who escaped from the nations; they don’t even know they’re praying to a fake god that can’t save.

21Tell them to come together; who’s been dropping knowledge since way back? Isn’t it me, the Lord? There’s no other God, just a righteous Savior.

22Look to me and be saved, all you far away; I’m God, and there’s no one else.

23I’ve sworn by myself, my words are truth, and every knee will bow, every tongue will swear to me.

24For sure, someone will say, “In the Lord, I find my strength and righteousness; people will come to him, and haters will be embarrassed.”

25In the Lord, all of Israel’s kids will be justified and shine bright.

1Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

4For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

5I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

11Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

14Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

17But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

25In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.