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27 Why[a] do you say, Jacob,
    and you speak, Israel,
“My way is hidden from Yahweh,
    and my judgment is passed over by my God?”
28 Have you not known,
    or have you not heard?
Yahweh is the God of eternity,
    the creator of the ends of the earth!
He is not faint, and he does not grow weary!
    There is no searching his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weary,
    and he increases power for the powerless.[b]
30 Even[c] young people will be faint and grow weary,
    and the young will stumble, exhausted.
31 But[d] those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength.
    They shall go up with wings[e] like eagles;
they shall run and not grow weary;
    they shall walk and not be faint.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:27 Literally “To what”
  2. Isaiah 40:29 Literally “not power”
  3. Isaiah 40:30 Or “And”
  4. Isaiah 40:31 Or “And”
  5. Isaiah 40:31 Hebrew “wing”

27 O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles?
    O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28 Have you never heard?
    Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
    No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
    and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
    and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
    They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
    They will walk and not faint.

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