“Who raised up one (A)from the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who (B)gave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow?

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“Who has stirred(A) up one from the east,(B)
    calling him in righteousness(C) to his service[a]?(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff(F) with his bow.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step

Who pursued them, and passed [a]safely
By the way that he had not gone with his feet?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:3 Lit. in peace

He pursues them and moves on unscathed,(A)
    by a path his feet have not traveled before.

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