Isaiah 41:1-5

1“Be silent before Me, O islands,1 and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness2? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.3He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”