18 “Do not remember the former things,

And do not dwell on the past.

19 Look! I am doing something new;+

Even now it is springing up.

I will make a way through the wilderness+

And rivers through the desert.+

20 The wild beast of the field will honor me,

The jackals and the ostriches,

For I provide water in the wilderness,

Rivers in the desert,+

For my people, my chosen one,+ to drink,