Isaiah 41:1-9

1Keep silence before me, islandsH339; and let the peoplesH3816 renew [their] strengthH3581: let them come near; thenH227 let them speakH1696: let us drawH7126 near togetherH3162 to judgmentH4941.

2Who raised up from the eastH4217 him whom righteousnessH6664 calleth to its footH7272? He gaveH5414 the nationsH1471 before him, and caused him to have dominion over kingsH4428; he gaveH5414 them as dustH6083 to his swordH2719, as drivenH5086 stubbleH7179 to his bowH7198.

3He pursuedH7291 them, he passedH5674 on in safetyH7965, by a wayH734 he had never comeH935 with his feetH7272.

4Who hath wrought and done [it], callingH7121 the generationsH1755 from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the firstH7223; and with the lastH314, I [am] HE.

5The isles sawH7200 [it], and fearedH3372; the endsH7098 of the earthH776 trembledH2729: they drewH7126 near, and came.

6They helpedH5826 every oneH376 his neighbour, and [each] saidH559 to his brotherH251, TakeH2388 courage.

7And the artizan encouragedH2388 the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammerH6360 him that smiteth on the anvil, sayingH559 of the soldering, It is goodH2896; and he fasteneth it with nailsH4548, that it be not moved.

8But thou, IsraelH3478, my servantH5650, JacobH3290, whom I have chosenH977, the seedH2233 of AbrahamH85, my friendH157

9— thou whom I have takenH2388 from the endsH7098 of the earthH776, and calledH7121 from the extremities thereof, and to whom I saidH559, Thou art my servantH5650, I have chosenH977 thee and not rejectedH3988 thee,