42 Eternal One: Look here, let Me present My servant;
        I have taken hold of him. He is My chosen, and I delight in him.
    I have put My Spirit on him; by this he will bring justice to the nations.

² Eternal One: He will not scream or yell,
        crying out for all to hear.
³     What is bruised and bent, he will not break;
        he will not blow out a smoldering candle.
    Rather, he will faithfully turn his attention to doing justice.
⁴     And though he faces obstacles, resistance, and great pressure,
        he will not crack; he will not give up until things are set right.
    Even the coastlands wait patiently for his instruction.

⁵ God, the Eternal One, who made the starry skies,
    stretched them tight above and around;
Who cast the shimmering globe of earth and filled it with life;
    who gives breath and animates the people;
Who walks and talks with life-giving spirit has this to say:

⁶ Eternal One: I am the Eternal One. By righteousness I have called you.
        I will take you by the hand and keep you safe.
    You are given as a covenant between Me and the people:
        a light for the nations, a shining beacon to the world.
⁷     You will open blind eyes so they will see again.
        You will lead prisoners, blinking, out from caverns of captivity,
        from cells pitch black with despair.
⁸     I am the Eternal One.
        I Am is My name.
        My beauty is unique, a weighty splendor all My own.
    And nothing else—no idols could possibly gain My praise.
⁹     Look here, what’s done is done and gone.
        The now is new, and there’s hope in the not-yet.
    I will tell you what’s to come, even before the events are brand-new.

⁵ Your love, O Eternal One, towers high into the heavens.
    Even the skies are lower than Your faithfulness.
⁶ Your justice is like the majestic mountains.
    Your judgments are as deep as the oceans, and yet in Your greatness,
    You, O Eternal, offer life for every person and animal.

⁷ Your strong love, O True God, is precious.
    All people run for shelter under the shadow of Your wings.
⁸ In Your house, they eat and are full at Your table.
    They drink from the river of Your overflowing kindness.
⁹ You have the fountain of life that quenches our thirst.
    Your light has opened our eyes and awakened our souls.

¹⁰ May Your love continue to grow deeply in the lives of all who know You.
    May Your salvation reach every heart committed to do right.
¹¹ Give me shelter from prideful feet that hunt me down
    and wicked hands that push me from Your path.