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And to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.

³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall;

³¹But they that wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings as eagles;

They shall run, and not be weary;

They shall walk, and not faint.

 

41Keep silence before Me, O islands,

And let the peoples renew their strength;

Let them draw near, then let them speak;

Let us come near together to judgment.

²Who hath raised up one from the east,

At whose steps victory attendeth?

He giveth nations before him,

And maketh him rule over kings;

His sword maketh them as the dust,

His bow as the driven stubble.

³He pursueth them, and passeth on safely;

The way with his feet he treadeth not.

⁴Who hath wrought and done it?

He that called the generations from the beginning.

I, the Lord, who am the first,

And with the last am the same.

⁵The isles saw, and feared;

The ends of the earth trembled;

They drew near, and came.

 

⁶They helped every one his neighbour;

And every one said to his brother:

'Be of good courage.'

⁷So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,

And he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil,

Saying of the soldering: 'It is good';

And he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

 

⁸But thou, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

The seed of Abraham My friend;

⁹Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,

And called thee from the uttermost parts thereof,

And said unto thee: 'Thou art My servant,

I have chosen thee and not cast thee away';

¹⁰Fear thou not, for I am with thee,

Be not dismayed, for I am thy God;

I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee;

Yea, I uphold thee with My victorious right hand.

¹¹Behold, all they that were incensed against thee

Shall be ashamed and confounded;

They that strove with thee

Shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

¹²Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,

Even them that contended with thee;

They that warred against thee

Shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

¹³For I the Lord thy God

Hold thy right hand,

Who say unto thee: 'Fear not,

I help thee.'

 

¹⁴Fear not, thou worm Jacob,

And ye men of Israel;

I help thee, saith the Lord,

And thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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