49 Listen to me, ^(A)O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples ^(B)from afar.
^(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.

² Thus says the Lord who made you,
    ^(A)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
^(B)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    ^(C)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

³ Incline your ear, and come to me;
    ^(A)hear, that your soul may live;
^(B)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    ^(C)my steadfast, sure love for ^(D)David.

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.

⁵ For you, O Lord, are my ^(A)hope,
    my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
⁶ Upon you I have leaned ^(B)from before my birth;
    you are he who ^(C)took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.