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He has set My (A)mouth like a sharp sword;
In the (B)shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also set Me as a [a]select (C)arrow;
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
He said to Me, “(D)You are My Servant, Israel,
(E)In Whom I will [b]show forth My beautiful glory.”
But I said, “I have (F)toiled in vain;
I have spent My might for [c]nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with Yahweh,
And My (G)reward with My God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:2 Or sharpened
  2. Isaiah 49:3 Or glorify Myself
  3. Isaiah 49:4 Lit formlessness