Isaiah 41:2-4

Common English Bible

² Who has awakened one from the east
    and has authority to summon him to serve—
    giving him nations,
    conquering kings,
    making them like dust with his sword,
    like scattered straw with his bow?
³ He pursues them and passes untouched,
    needing no path for his feet.
⁴ Who has acted and who has done this,
    calling upon generation after generation since the beginning?
        I, the Lord, was first,
        and I will be the last!