1Behold , my servant , whom I uphold ; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth : I have put my Spirit upon him ; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles . 2He will not cry , nor lift up his voice , nor cause it to be heard in the street . 3A bruised reed will he not break , and a dimly burning wick will he not quench : he will bring forth justice in truth . 4He will not fail nor be discouraged , till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law .
The Covenant and the Light to the Nations
5Thus saith God Jehovah , he that created the heavens , and stretched them forth ; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it ; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it , and spirit to them that walk therein: 6I , Jehovah , have called thee in righteousness , and will hold thy hand , and will keep thee , and give thee for a covenant of the people , for a light of the Gentiles ; 7to open the blind eyes , to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon , and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. 8I am Jehovah , that is my name ; and my glory will I not give to another , neither my praise unto graven images . 9Behold , the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare ; before they spring forth I tell you of them .
A Call to Praise and Worship
10Sing unto Jehovah a new song , and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea , and all that is therein , the isles, and the inhabitants thereof . 11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice , the villages that Kedar doth inhabit ; let the inhabitants of Sela sing , let them shout from the top of the mountains . 12Let them give glory unto Jehovah , and declare his praise in the islands. 13Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man ; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war : he will cry , yea, he will shout aloud ; he will do mightily against his enemies. 14I have long time holden my peace ; I have been still , and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman ; I will gasp and pant together . 15I will lay waste mountains and hills , and dry up all their herbs ; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not ; in paths that they know not will I lead them ; I will make darkness light before them , and crooked places straight . These things will I do , and I will not forsake them . 17They shall be turned back , they shall be utterly put to shame , that trust in graven images , that say unto molten images , Ye are our gods. 18Hear , ye deaf ; and look , ye blind , that ye may see . 19Who is blind , but my servant ? or deaf , as my messenger that I send ? who is blind as he that is at peace with me , and blind as Jehovah ’s servant ? 20Thou seest many things , but thou observest not ; his ears are open , but he heareth not . 21It pleased Jehovah , for his righteousness ’ sake , to magnify the law , and make it honorable. 22But this is a people robbed and plundered ; they are all of them snared in holes , and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth ; for a spoil , and none saith, Restore . 23Who is there among you that will give ear to this ? that will hearken and hear for the time to come? 24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah ? he against whom we have sinned , and in whose ways they would not walk , neither were they obedient unto his law . 25Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger , and the strength of battle ; and it set him on fire round about , yet he knew not ; and it burned him , yet he laid it not to heart .