Isaiah 44:23

Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; ¹  shout out, you subterranean regions ²  of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! ³  For the Lord protects ⁴  Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel. ⁵ 

Ps 69:34; Ps 96:11,12; Ps 98:7,8; Isa 26:15; Isa 42:10-12; Isa 49:3; Isa 49:13; Isa 55:12,13; Isa 60:21; Jer 51:48; Eze 36:1,8; Eze 39:13; Lu 2:10-14; Eph 1:6,7; Eph 3:21; 2Th 1:10-12; 1Pe 4:11; Re 5:8-14; Re 12:12; Re 18:20; Re 19:1-6

¹ tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”

² tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.

³ tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”

⁴ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

⁵ tn That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. NCV “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; TEV “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”