61 ^(A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has ^(B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;^[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and ^(C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;^[b]

⁹ Go on up to a high mountain,
    O Zion, ^(A)herald of good news;^[a]
lift up your voice with strength,
    O Jerusalem, herald of good news;^[b]
    lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
    “Behold your God!”

⁶ he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^(A)I will make you ^(B)as a light for the nations,
    that ^(C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

² The Lord has ^(A)made known his salvation;
    he has ^(B)revealed his righteousness in ^(C)the sight of the nations.
³ He has ^(D)remembered his ^(E)steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All ^(F)the ends of the earth have seen
    ^(G)the salvation of our God.