42 ^(A)Behold ^(B)my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, ^(C)in whom my soul delights;
^(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
    ^(E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.
² He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
    or make it heard in the street;
^3 (F)a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
    ^(G)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
⁴ He will not grow faint or be discouraged^[a]
    till he has established justice in the earth;
    and ^(H)the coastlands wait for his law.

^10 (R)Sing to the Lord a new song,
    his praise from the end of the earth,
^(S)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
    ^(T)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
¹¹ Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
    the villages that ^(U)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of ^(V)Sela sing for joy,
    let them shout from the top of the mountains.
¹² Let them give glory to the Lord,
    and declare his praise in ^(W)the coastlands.
^13 (X)The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
    like a man of war ^(Y)he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, ^(Z)he shouts aloud,
    he shows himself mighty against his foes.

¹⁸ Hear, you deaf,
    and look, you blind, that you may see!
¹⁹ Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,^[d]
    or blind as the servant of the Lord?
^20 (AF)He sees many things, but does not observe them;
    ^(AG)his ears are open, but he does not hear.
²¹ The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
    to magnify his law and make it glorious.
²² But this is a people plundered and looted;
    they are all of them trapped in holes
    ^(AH)and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
    spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
²³ Who among you will give ear to this,
    will attend and listen for the time to come?
²⁴ Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
    and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
    in whose ways they would not walk,
    and whose law they would not obey?
²⁵ So he poured on him the heat of his anger
    and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, ^(AI)but he did not understand;
    it burned him up, ^(AJ)but he did not take it to heart.

44 “But now hear, ^(A)O Jacob my servant,
    Israel whom I have chosen!
² Thus says the Lord who made you,
    ^(B)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
^(C)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    ^(D)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
^3 (E)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
    and my blessing on your descendants.
⁴ They shall spring up among the grass
    ^(F)like willows by flowing streams.
^5 (G)This one will say, ‘I am the Lord's,’
    another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord's,’
    and name himself by the name of Israel.”

⁶ Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
    and ^(H)his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^(I)“I am the first and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.
^7 (J)Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.^[a]
    Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
    Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
⁸ Fear not, nor be afraid;
    have I not told you from of old and declared it?
    ^(K)And you are my witnesses!
^(L)Is there a God besides me?
    There is no ^(M)Rock; I know not any.”

²¹ Remember these things, O Jacob,
    and Israel, for you are ^(Y)my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
    ^(Z)O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
^22 (AA)I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.