Bible verse
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 · BSB
"Even youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly." The promise about mounting up with wings comes immediately after an admission that the strongest people available run out.
That order matters. The renewal is not offered as an alternative to exhaustion, it is offered on the other side of it — and "those who wait on the LORD" is not a description of people who are coping well.
The verses around it, from Isaiah 40.
27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
KJV
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
ASV
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
ERV
but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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