Psalm 96:1-13 and Isaiah 40:1-11

Psalm 96:1-13
1 A Canticle of David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day.
3 Announce his glory among the Gentiles, his miracles among all peoples.
4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is terrible, beyond all gods.
5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons, but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Confession and beauty are in his sight. Sanctity and magnificence are in his sanctuary.
7 Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor.
8 Bring to the Lord glory for his name. Lift up sacrifices, and enter into his courts.
9 Adore the Lord in his holy court. Let the entire earth be shaken before his face.
10 Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved.
12 The fields and all the things that are in them will be glad. Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice
13 before the face of the Lord: for he arrives. For he arrives to judge the earth. He will judge the whole world with fairness and the peoples with his truth.
Isaiah 40:1-11
​1 "Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!" says your God.
2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.
3 The voice of one crying out in the desert: "Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
4 Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.
5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
6 The voice of one saying, "Cry out!" And I said, "What should I cry out?" "All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.
8 The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity."
9 You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: "Behold, your God!"
10 Behold, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
11 He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.