23:041:002 Who raised up the righteous man from the
east, called him to
his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule
over
kings?
he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven
stubble
to his bow.
23:041:003 He pursued them, and passed safely; even
by the way that he
had
not gone with his feet.
23:041:004 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the
generations from the
beginning?
I the lord, the first, and with the last; I am
he.
23:041:005 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends
of the earth were
afraid,
drew near, and came.
23:041:006 They helped every one his neighbour; and
every one said to his
brother,
Be of good courage.
23:041:007 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he that
smootheth
with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It
is
ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with
nails, that
it
should not be moved.
23:041:008 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob
whom I have chosen,
the
seed of Abraham my friend.
23:041:009 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of
the earth, and called
thee
from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou
art
my
servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
23:041:010 Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am
thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help
thee; yea, I
will
uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
23:041:011 Behold, all they that were incensed against
thee shall be
ashamed
and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and
they
that
strive with thee shall perish.
23:041:012 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find
them, even them that
contended
with thee: they that war against thee shall be
as
nothing,
and as a thing of nought.
23:041:013 For I the lord thy God will hold thy
right hand, saying unto
thee,
Fear not; I will help thee.
23:041:014 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel; I will help
thee,
saith the lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One
of
Israel.
23:041:015 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing
instrument
having
teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat
them
small,
and shalt make the hills as chaff.
23:041:016 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall
carry them away, and
the
whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice
in
the
lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
23:041:017 When the poor and needy seek water, and
there is none, and
their
tongue faileth for thirst, I the lord will hear
them, I
the
God of Israel will not forsake them.


