23:041:001 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let
us come near together to judgment.
23:041:002 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
23:041:003 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he
had not gone with his feet.
23:041:004 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the
beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
23:041:005 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were
afraid, drew near, and came.
23:041:006 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his
brother, Be of good courage.
23:041:007 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
23:041:008 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
23:041:009 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called
thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art
my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
23:041:010 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am
thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I
will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.