4. Who has performed these deeds?Who has called forth the generations from the beginning?I, the Lord, am the first,and at the last I am he.
5. The coastlands see, and fear;the ends of the earth tremble:they approach, they come on.
6. Each one helps his neighbor,one says to the other, “Courage!”
7. The woodworker encourages the goldsmith,the one who beats with the hammer, him who strikes on the anvil,Saying of the soldering, “It is good!”then fastening it with nails so it will not totter.
8. But you, Israel, my servant,Jacob, whom I have chosen,offspring of Abraham my friend—