Isaiah 42

^aBehold ^bcmy servant, whom I uphold;

^cMine elect, in whom ^dmy soul delighteth;

^eI have put my spirit upon him:

He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

²He shall not cry, nor lift up,

Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

³A ^fbruised reed shall he not break,

And the smoking flax shall he not quench:

He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

⁴He shall not fail nor be discouraged,

Till he have set judgment in the earth:

^gAnd the isles shall wait for his law.

⁵Thus saith God the Lord,

He that created the heavens, and ^histretched them out;

^hkHe that spread forth the earth, and ^lthat which cometh out of it;

^imHe that giveth breath unto the people upon it,

And ⁿspirit to them that walk therein:

⁶I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,

And ^owill hold thine hand, and will keep thee,

And ^pgive thee for a covenant of the people, ^qfor a light of the Gentiles;

^7rTo open the blind eyes,

To ^sbring out the prisoners from the prison,

And ^tthem that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

⁸I am the Lord: that is my name:

^uAnd my glory will I not give to ^vanother,

Neither my praise to graven images.

⁹Behold, ^wthe former things are come to pass,

And ^xnew things do I declare:

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

^10ySing unto the Lord a new song,

And his praise from the end of the earth,

^zYe that go down to the sea, and all that is therein;

^aThe isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

^11bLet the wilderness and the cities thereof ^clift up their voice,

The villages that ^dKedar doth inhabit:

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing,

Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

¹²Let them ^egive glory unto the Lord,

And ^eedeclare his praise in ^athe islands.

¹³The Lord shall go forth ^fas a mighty man,

He shall stir up jealousy like ^ga man of war:

He shall cry, yea, ^hroar;

He shall prevail against his enemies.

¹⁴I have long time holden my peace;

I have been still, and ⁱrefrained myself:

Now will I cry ^klike a travailing woman;

I will destroy and devour at once.

¹⁵I will make waste mountains and hills,

And dry up all their herbs;

And I will make the rivers ^aislands,

And I will dry up the pools.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁷They shall be ^lturned back, ^mthey shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images,

That say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

¹⁸ⁿHear, ye deaf;

And ^olook, ye blind, that ye may see.

^19pWho is blind, but ^qmy servant?

Or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?

Who is blind as he that is perfect,

And blind as ^qthe Lord’s servant?

^20rSeeing many things, ^sbut thou observest not;

^tOpening the ears, but he heareth not.

²¹The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;

He ^uwill magnify the law, and make it honourable.

²²But this is a people robbed and spoiled;

They are all of them snared in holes,

And they are hid in prison houses:

They are ^vfor a prey, and none delivereth;

^vFor ^wa spoil, and none saith, Restore.

²³Who among you will give ear to this?

Who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

²⁴Who gave Jacob for ^wa 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.

^25xTherefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle:

And ^yit hath set him on fire round about, ^zyet he knew not;

And it burned him, yet he ^alaid it not to heart.

XLIII.