Isaiah 42:1-13

Living Bible

42 See my servant,^[a] whom I uphold; my Chosen One in whom I delight. I have put my Spirit upon him; he will reveal justice to the nations of the world. ² He will be gentle—he will not shout nor quarrel in the streets. ³ He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the dimly burning flame. He will encourage the fainthearted, those tempted to despair. He will see full justice given to all who have been wronged. ⁴ He won’t be satisfied^[b] until truth and righteousness prevail throughout the earth, nor until even distant lands beyond the seas have put their trust in him.

⁵ The Lord God who created the heavens and stretched them out, who created the earth and everything in it, who gives life and breath and spirit to everyone in all the world, he is the one who says to his Servant, the Messiah^[c]: ⁶ “I the Lord have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will guard and support you, for I have given you to my people as the personal confirmation of my covenant with them.^[d] You shall also be a light to guide the nations unto me. ⁷ You will open the eyes of the blind and release those who sit in prison darkness and despair. ⁸ I am the Lord! That is my name, and I will not give my glory to anyone else; I will not share my praise with carved idols. ⁹ Everything I prophesied came true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.”

¹⁰ Sing a new song to the Lord; sing his praises, all you who live in earth’s remotest corners! Sing, O sea! Sing, all you who live in distant lands beyond the sea! ¹¹ Join in the chorus, you desert cities—Kedar and Sela! And you, too, dwellers in the mountaintops. ¹² Let the western coastlands glorify the Lord and sing his mighty power.

¹³ The Lord will be a mighty warrior, full of fury toward his foes. He will give a great shout and prevail.