²⁷ Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?^(A)
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(B)
The Lord is the everlasting^(C) God,
    the Creator^(D) of the ends of the earth.^(E)
He will not grow tired or weary,^(F)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.^(G)
29 He gives strength^(H) to the weary^(I)
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men^(J) stumble and fall;^(K)
31 but those who hope^(L) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.^(M)
They will soar on wings like eagles;^(N)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.^(O)

² “Who has stirred^(U) up one from the east,^(V)
    calling him in righteousness^(W) to his service^[a]?^(X)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust^(Y) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff^(Z) with his bow.^(AA)
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed,^(AB)
    by a path his feet have not traveled before.
⁴ Who has done this and carried it through,
    calling^(AC) forth the generations from the beginning?^(AD)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
    and with the last^(AE)—I am he.^(AF)”

⁵ The islands^(AG) have seen it and fear;
    the ends of the earth^(AH) tremble.
They approach and come forward;
⁶     they help each other
    and say to their companions, “Be strong!^(AI)”
⁷ The metalworker^(AJ) encourages the goldsmith,^(AK)
    and the one who smooths with the hammer
    spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
    The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.^(AL)

⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant,^(AM)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(AN)
    you descendants of Abraham^(AO) my friend,^(AP)
9 I took you from the ends of the earth,^(AQ)
    from its farthest corners I called^(AR) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(AS)
    I have chosen^(AT) you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰ So do not fear,^(AU) for I am with you;^(AV)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(AW) you and help^(AX) you;
    I will uphold you^(AY) with my righteous right hand.^(AZ)

¹¹ “All who rage^(BA) against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;^(BB)
those who oppose^(BC) you
    will be as nothing and perish.^(BD)
12 Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(BE)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(BF) at all.
¹³ For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand^(BG)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help^(BH) you.
¹⁴ Do not be afraid,^(BI) you worm^(BJ) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help^(BK) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,^(BL) the Holy One^(BM) of Israel.
¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(BN)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(BO) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(BP)
16 You will winnow^(BQ) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(BR) will blow them away.^(BS)
But you will rejoice^(BT) in the Lord
    and glory^(BU) in the Holy One^(BV) of Israel.