Isaiah 41:1-6

New King James Version

² “Who raised up one ^(C)from the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who ^(D)gave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow?
³ Who pursued them, and passed ^[a]safely
By the way that he had not gone with his feet?
^4 (E)Who has performed and done it,
Calling the generations from the beginning?
‘I, the Lord, am ^(F)the first;
And with the last I am ^(G)He.’ ”

⁵ The coastlands saw it and feared,
The ends of the earth were afraid;
They drew near and came.
^6 (H)Everyone helped his neighbor,
And said to his brother,
^[b]“Be of good courage!”