The Lord's Chosen Servant

¹Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

I have put my Spirit upon him;

he will bring forth justice to the nations.

²He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,

or make it heard in the street;

³a bruised reed he will not break,

and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;

he will faithfully bring forth justice.

⁴He will not grow faint or be discouraged1

till he has established justice in the earth;

and the coastlands wait for his law.

⁵Thus says God, the Lord,

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk in it:

⁶“I am the Lord; I have called you2 in righteousness;

I will take you by the hand and keep you;

I will give you as a covenant for the people,

a light for the nations,

⁷to open the eyes that are blind,

to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

from the prison those who sit in darkness.

⁸I am the Lord; that is my name;

my glory I give to no other,

nor my praise to carved idols.

⁹Behold, the former things have come to pass,

and new things I now declare;

before they spring forth

I tell you of them.”

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