Isaiah 42:1–9

The Lord’s Chosen Servant

42^eBehold ^fmy servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, ^gin whom my soul delights;

^hI have put my Spirit upon him;

ⁱhe will bring forth justice to the nations.

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

or make it heard in the street;

^3ja bruised reed he will not break,

and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;

^khe will faithfully bring forth justice.

⁴He will not grow faint or be discouraged¹

till he has established justice in the earth;

and ^lthe coastlands wait for his law.

⁵Thus says God, the Lord,

who created the heavens ^mand stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

ⁿwho gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk in it:

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

I will take you by the hand and keep you;

I will give you ^pas a covenant for the people,

^qa light for the nations,

^7rto open the eyes that are blind,

to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

^sfrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

⁸I am the Lord; that is my name;

^tmy glory I give to no other,

nor my praise to carved idols.

⁹Behold, the former things have come to pass,

^uand new things I now declare;

before they spring forth

I tell you of them.”