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27 People of Jacob, this is true.
    Israel, you should believe it.
So why do you say, “The Lord cannot see the way I live;
    he will not find me and punish me”[a]?

28 Surely you know the truth.
    Surely you have heard.
The Lord is the God who lives forever!
    He created all the faraway places on earth.
He does not get tired and weary.
    You cannot learn all he knows.
29 He helps tired people be strong.
    He gives power to those without it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:27 The Lord … punish me Or “My way is hidden from the Lord; he ignores my case.”

27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?(A)
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(B)
The Lord is the everlasting(C) God,
    the Creator(D) of the ends of the earth.(E)
He will not grow tired or weary,(F)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(G)
29 He gives strength(H) to the weary(I)
    and increases the power of the weak.

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