41 1 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.
41 2 Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings under foot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow. 41 3 He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod. 41 4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last; I am He.
41 5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid, the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come. 41 6 Every one helps his neighbour, and says to his brother, "Take courage!" 41 7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
41 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 41 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off"; 41 10 fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
41 11 Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. 41 12 You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. 41 13 For I, Yahweh your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I will help you."
41 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says Yahweh; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. 41 15 Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff; 41 16 You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in Yahweh; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. 41 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I Yahweh will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 41 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 41 19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together; 41 20 that men may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.