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.

¹⁰ Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth,
ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein;
the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
¹¹ Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar doth inhabit:
let the inhabitants of the rock sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
¹² Let them give glory unto the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands.
¹³ The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man,
he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war:
he shall cry, yea, roar;
he shall prevail against his enemies.

¹⁴ I have long time holden my peace;
I have been still, and refrained myself:
now will I cry like a travailing woman;
I will destroy and devour at once.
¹⁵ I will make waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs;
and I will make the rivers islands,
and I will dry up the pools.
¹⁶ And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known:
I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked things straight.
These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

¹⁷ They shall be turned back,
they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images,
that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
¹⁹ Who is blind, but my servant?
or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect,
and blind as the Lord’s servant?
²⁰ seeing many things, but thou observest not;
opening the ears, but he heareth not.
²¹ The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;
he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
²² But this is a people robbed and spoiled;
they are all of them snared in holes,
and they are hid in prison houses:
they are for a prey, and none delivereth;
for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
²³ Who among you will give ear to this?
who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
²⁴ Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?
did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned?
for they would not walk in his ways,
neither were they obedient unto his law.
²⁵ Therefore he hath poured upon him
the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle:
and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not;
and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.