Isaiah 26:15-18

15You have added to the nation, Lord. You have added to the nation; you are honored. You have expanded all the borders of the land.

16Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.

17As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you, Lord.

18We became pregnant, we writhed in pain; we gave birth to wind. We have won no victories on earth, and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.