Sing for joy,

O heavens!

Rejoice,

O earth!

Burst into song,

O mountains!

For the Lord has comforted his people

and will have compassion on them in their suffering.

Isaiah 49:13

This is what the Lord says—

your Redeemer,

the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you what is good for you

and leads you along the paths you should follow.

Isaiah 48:17

I alone am God,

the First and the Last.

It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,

my right hand that spread out the heavens above.

When I call out the stars,

they all appear in order.”

Isaiah 48:12-13

Our Redeemer, 

whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,

is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 47:4

Remember the things I have done in the past.

For I alone am God!

I am God, and there is none like me.

Only I can tell you the future

before it even happens.

Everything I plan will come to pass,

for I do whatever I wish.

Isaiah 46:9-10

I have cared for you since you were born.

Yes, I carried you before you were born.

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—

until your hair is white with age.

I made you, and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and save you.

Isaiah 46:3-4

You will keep in perfect peace

all who trust in you,

all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Trust in the Lord always,

for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.

Isaiah 26:3-4

“See, 

God has come to save me.

I will trust in him and not be afraid.

The Lord God is my strength and my song;

he has given me victory.”

Isaiah 12:2

Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.

If they watch every cloud,

they never harvest.

Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind

or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the activity of God,

who does all things.

Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon,

for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity 

or another—

or maybe both.

Ecclesiastes 11:4-6

It is good for people to eat, 

drink, 

and enjoy their work under the sun 

during the short life God has given them, 

and to accept their lot in life.

And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God 

and the good health to enjoy it. 

To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—

this is indeed a gift from God. 

God keeps such people so busy enjoying life 

that they take no time to brood over the past.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20