3
He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.
4
Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am He.
5
The coastlands have seen and are afraid, the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.
6
Every one helps his neighbor, and says to his brother, "Take courage!"
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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.