49 Listen to me, coastlands,
    and listen attentively, peoples from far away!
Yahweh called me from the womb;
    from the body^[a] of my mother he made my name known.
² And he made^[b] my mouth like a sharp sword;
    he hid me in the shadow of his hand,
and he made^[c] me like an sharpened arrow;
    he hid me in his quiver.
³ And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, in whom I will show my glory.”
⁴ But^[d] I myself said, “I have labored in^[e] vain;
    I have used up my strength for nothing and vanity!
Nevertheless, my justice is with Yahweh,
    and my reward is with my God.”