Behold my servant,
whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
02 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his
voice to be heard in the street.
03 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring
forth judgment unto truth.
04 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set judgment in the earth: and the isles
shall wait for his law.
05 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread
forth 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:
06 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and
give thee for a covenant of the people, for a
light of the Gentiles;
07 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.
08 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to
graven images.
09 Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare: before they spring
forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto the Lord 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.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift
up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth
inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare
his praise in the islands.
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he
shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he
shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against
his enemies.
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14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been
still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like
a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at
once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry
up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers
islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they
knew not; I will lead them in paths that they
have not known: I will make darkness light before
them, and crooked things straight. These things
will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be
greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images,
that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may
see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my
messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is
perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not;
opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21 The Lord is well pleased for his
righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and
make it honourable.
22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; 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.
23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will
hearken and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the
robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we
have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways,
neither were they obedient unto his law.
25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of
his anger, and the strength of battle: and it
hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew
not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to
heart.
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