1
Keep
silence
before
me,
O
islands;
and
let
the
people
renew
[their]
strength:
let
them
come
near;
then
let
them
speak:
let
us
come
near
together
to
judgment.
2
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.
3
He
pursued
them,
[and]
passed
safely;
[even]
by
the
way
[that]
he
had
not
gone
with
his
feet.
4
Who
hath
wrought
and
done
[it],
calling
the
generations
from
the
beginning?
I
the
LORD,
the
first,
and
with
the
last;
I
[am]
5
The
isles
saw
[it],
and
feared;
the
ends
of
the
earth
were
afraid,
drew
near,
and
came.
6
They
helped
every
one
his
neighbour;
and
[every
one]
said
to
his
brother,
Be
of
good
courage.
7
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.
8
But
thou,
Israel,
[art]
my
servant,
Jacob
whom
I
have
chosen,
the
seed
of
Abraham
my
friend.
9
[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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
For
I
the
LORD
thy
God
will
hold
thy
right
hand,
saying
unto
thee,
Fear
not;
I
will
help
thee.
14
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.
15
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.
16
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.
17
[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.
18
I
will
open
rivers
in
high
places,
and
fountains
in
the
midst
of
the
valleys:
I
will
make
the
wilderness
a
pool
of
water,
and
the
dry
land
springs
of
water.
19
I
will
plant
in
the
wilderness
the
cedar,
the
shittah
tree,
and
the
myrtle,
and
the
oil
tree;
I
will
set
in
the
desert
the
fir
tree,
[and]
the
pine,
and
the
box
tree
together:
20
That
they
may
see,
and
know,
and
consider,
and
understand
together,
that
the
hand
of
the
LORD
hath
done
this,
and
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
hath
created
21
Produce
your
cause,
saith
the
LORD;
bring
forth
your
strong
[reasons],
saith
the
King
of
Jacob.
22
Let
them
bring
[them]
forth,
and
shew
us
what
shall
happen:
let
them
shew
the
former
things,
what
they
[be],
that
we
may
consider
them,
and
know
the
latter
end
of
them;
or
declare
us
things
for
to
come.
23
Shew
the
things
that
are
to
come
hereafter,
that
we
may
know
that
ye
[are]
gods:
yea,
do
good,
or
do
evil,
that
we
may
be
dismayed,
and
behold
[it]
together.
24
Behold,
ye
[are]
of
nothing,
and
your
work
of
nought:
an
abomination
[is
he
that]
chooseth
you.
25
I
have
raised
up
[one]
from
the
north,
and
he
shall
come:
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
shall
he
call
upon
my
name:
and
he
shall
come
upon
princes
as
[upon]
morter,
and
as
the
potter
treadeth
clay.
26
Who
hath
declared
from
the
beginning,
that
we
may
know?
and
beforetime,
that
we
may
say,
[He
is]
righteous?
yea,
[there
is]
none
that
sheweth,
yea,
[there
is]
none
that
declareth,
yea,
[there
is]
none
that
heareth
your
words.
27
The
first
[shall
say]
to
Zion,
Behold,
behold
them:
and
I
will
give
to
Jerusalem
one
that
bringeth
good
tidings.
28
For
I
beheld,
and
[there
was]
no
man;
even
among
them,
and
[there
was]
no
counsellor,
that,
when
I
asked
of
them,
could
answer
a
word.
29
Behold,
they
[are]
all
vanity;
their
works
[are]
nothing:
their
molten
images
[are]
wind
and
confusion.