XLII. 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, (in whom) my soul is well pleased: I have put my soul upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
2 He shall not cry out, nor lift up, nor make his voice heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a dimly burning wick shall he not quench; according to truth shall he bring forth judgment.
4 He shall not burn dimly nor be bruised, till he (shall) set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 Thus saith the God, the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and the things that come forth of it; that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 Ι the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for -a light of the nations:
7 To open blind eyes, to bring out a captivefrom prison, and them that sit in darkness from a house of confinement
8 Iam the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, and my praise to graven images.
9 The first things, behold, they have come, andI am telling new things; before they spring up I cause you to hear of them.
10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down (to) the sea, and the fulness thereof; 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 Sela shout, let them cry aloud from the top of mountains.
12 They shall give honour to the Lord, and tell his praise among the isles.
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall rouse up zeal like a man of war: he shall shout, yea, roar; he shall do mightily against his enemies.
14 I have been silent from of old: I have been still, and refrained myself; (now) will I cry like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; and I will turn rivers to islands, and I will dry up pools.
16 And I will make the blind walk by a way that they knew not; I will make them tread in paths they knew not; I will turn darkness to light before them, and uneven places into a plain. These are the things, I will do them, and will not abandon them.
17 They are turned back; they shall be ashamed, that trust in the graven images, that say to the molten image, Ye are our gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant, and deaf, but my messenger whom I (shall) send? who is blind as the surrendered one, and blind as the Lord's servant?
20 Thou hast seen many things, but thou observest Inot: opening the ears, and he heareth not.