Catholic Public Domain Version
"It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing. "
— Isaiah 40:29, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.”
“He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. ”
“He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.”
“He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.”
“It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.”
“He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.”
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.”
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things. He leads forth their army by number, and he calls them all by name. Because of the fullness of his strength and robustness and virtue, not one of them was left behind.
Why do you say this, O Jacob, and why do you speak this way, O Israel? “My way has been hidden from the Lord, and my judgment escaped notice by my God.”
Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, who has created the limits of the earth. He does not diminish, and he does not struggle. Neither is his wisdom searchable.
It is he who gives strength to the weary, and it is he who increases fortitude and strength in those who are failing.
Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.