Isaiah 41:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

² Who has roused a victor from the east,
    summoned him to his service?
He delivers up nations to him
    and tramples kings under foot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
    like driven stubble with his bow.^(A)
3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
    scarcely touching the path with his feet.
⁴ Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am first
    and will be with the last.^(B)