Isaiah 41:2-8

2“Who raised up one from the east? Who in righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow?

3Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?

4Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the Lord, am the first; And with the last I am He.’ ”

5The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came.

6Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother, “Be of good courage!”

7So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, “It is ready for the soldering”; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.

8“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.