Isaiah 41:1–7

Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment. 2Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow. 3He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet. 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he. 5The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come. 6They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage. 7So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.