Isaiah 41:1-4

International Standard Version

41 “Be silent before me, you coastlands,
    and let the people renew their strength!
Let them come forward,
    then let them speak together—
        let’s draw near for a ruling.
² Who has aroused victory from the east,
    and^[a] has summoned it to his service,
        and^[b] has handed over nations to him?
Who brings down kings,
    and^[c] turns them into dust with his sword,
        into windblown stubble with his bow?
³ And^[d] who pursues them
    and^[e] moves on unscathed
        by a path that his feet don’t know?^[f]
4 Who has performed and carried this out,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord—the first
    and will be with the last
        —I am the One!”