Isaiah 40:21-31

21Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant?

22God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.

23He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing.

24They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff.

25“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.

26Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.

27O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?

28Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

29He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.

30Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.

31But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.