Isaiah 41:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith,
    and the polisher the one who strikes the anvil;
he declares the soldering to be good,
    and he fastens the image with nails
    so that it will be secure.
⁸ But you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,
    the descendants of my friend Abraham,
⁹ you whom I have taken to myself
    from the ends of the earth
    and summoned from its farthest corners,
to whom I have said, “You are my servant;
    I have chosen you and will not cast you off.