“But they that wait for HaShem 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.” — read online, free, in the JPS 1917 translation.
Read in context: Isaiah chapter 40 (full chapter) · JPS 1917 translation (public domain)
“But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength” — the promise at the heart of Isaiah's comfort.
Also read in the Bible (KJV): Isaiah 40:31 → · Why do two versions of this verse exist?
To those who hope in the LORD: renewed strength — soaring like eagles, running without weariness, walking without fainting. It comes at the close of the chapter that opens “Comfort ye, comfort ye My people”.
This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation — the classic public domain English rendering of the Hebrew Bible.
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