Isaiah 51:12-16

Revised Standard Version

¹² “I, I am he that comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made like grass,
¹³ and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    who stretched out the heavens
    and laid the foundations of the earth,
and fear continually all the day
    because of the fury of the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the fury of the oppressor?
¹⁴ He who is bowed down shall speedily be released;
    he shall not die and go down to the Pit,
    neither shall his bread fail.
¹⁵ For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    the Lord of hosts is his name.
¹⁶ And I have put my words in your mouth,
    and hid you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out^[a] the heavens
    and laying the foundations of the earth,
    and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”