41:4. Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
41:5. The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
41:6. Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
41:7. The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
41:8. But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
41:9. In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
41:10. Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
41:11. Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
41:12. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
41:13. For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.