Isaiah 42:1-9
Authorized (King James) Version
42 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.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break,
and the smoking flax shall he not quench:
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth:
and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 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:
6 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;
7 to open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I am the Lord: that is my name:
and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.
KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.