Isaiah 42:1-9
Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul
delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the
nations. 2He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the
street; 3
a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he
will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. 4He will not grow
faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the
coastlands wait for his teaching. 5Thus says God, the Lord, who created
the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what
comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those
who walk in it: 6
I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have
taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to
the people, a light to the nations,7
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring
out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in
darkness. 8
I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to idols. 9See, the former things have come to pass, and
new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.