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New Living Translation (NLT)

Isaiah 40
²⁵ “To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.
²⁶ Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.
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.
Isaiah 41
¹ “Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea. Bring your strongest arguments. Come now and speak. The court is ready for your case.
² “Who has stirred up this king from the east, rightly calling him to God’s service? Who gives this man victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot? With his sword, he reduces armies to dust. With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.
³ He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.
⁴ Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last. I alone am he.”