Isaiah 50:2-4

The Voice

²    Why is it that when I came to visit, no one was there to greet Me;
        and when I called out for you, no one answered?
    Do you think My reach insufficient, My power too limited to rescue you?
    I need only to speak the words and entire oceans will evaporate;
        rivers will become deserts, leaving fish to stink and die for lack of water.
³    I can dress the heavens with blackness
        and trade its velvet skies for the scratchy clothes of mourning.

⁴The Lord, the Eternal, equipped me for this job—
    with skilled speech, a smooth tongue for instruction.
I can find the words that comfort and soothe the downtrodden, tired, and despairing.
    And I know when to use them.
Each morning, it is God who wakes me and tells me what I should do,
    what I should say.