Isaiah 40:21-31

New American Standard Bible

²¹^(A)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(B)from the foundations of the earth?
²²It is He who ^[a]sits above the ^[b]^(C)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like ^(D)grasshoppers,
Who ^(E)stretches out the heavens like a ^(F)curtain
And spreads them out like a ^(G)tent to live in.
²³It is He who reduces ^(H)rulers to nothing,
Who ^(I)makes the judges of the earth ^[c]meaningless.
²⁴^[d]Scarcely have they been planted,
^[e]Scarcely have they been sown,
^[f]Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the ^(J)storm carries them away like stubble.
²⁵“^(K)To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
²⁶^(L)Raise your eyes on high
And see ^(M)who has created these stars,
The ^(N)One who brings out their ^[g]multitude by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the ^(O)greatness of His might and the ^[h]strength of His power,
^(P)Not one of them is missing.

²⁷^(Q)Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel,
“My way is ^(R)hidden from the Lord,
And the ^(S)justice due me ^[i]escapes the notice of ^(T)my God”?
²⁸^(U)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The ^(V)Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is ^(W)unsearchable.
²⁹He gives strength to the ^(X)weary,
And to the one who lacks might He ^(Y)increases power.
³⁰Though ^(Z)youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous ^(AA)young men stumble badly,
³¹Yet those who ^[j]wait for the Lord
Will ^(AB)gain new strength;
They will ^[k]^(AC)mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.