1. Listen to me, O coastlands,and pay attention, you peoples from afar.The Lord called me from the womb;from the body of my mother He named me.
2. He has made my mouth like a sharp sword;in the shadow of His hand He has hidden meand made me a select arrow;in His quiver He has hidden me.
3. He said to me, “You are My servant,Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4. Then I said, “I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity,yet surely the justice due to me is with the Lord,and my reward with my God.”
5. Now says the Lord,who formed me from the womb to be His servant,to bring Jacob back to Him,so that Israel might be gathered to Him(yet I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,and my God is my strength),