1. Here is my servant whom I uphold,my chosen one with whom I am pleased.Upon him I have put my spirit;he shall bring forth justice to the nations.
2. He will not cry out, nor shout,nor make his voice 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.
4. He will not grow dim or be bruiseduntil he establishes justice on the earth;the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
5. Thus says God, the Lord,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spread out the earth and its produce,Who gives breath to its peopleand spirit to those who walk on it:
6. I, the Lord, have called you for justice,I have grasped you by the hand;I formed you, and set youas a covenant for the people,a light for the nations,
7. To open the eyes of the blind,to bring out prisoners from confinement,and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
8. I am the Lord, Lord is my name;my glory I give to no other,nor my praise to idols.
9. See, the earlier things have come to pass,new ones I now declare;Before they spring forthI announce them to you.
10. Sing to the Lord a new song,his praise from the ends of the earth:Let the sea and what fills it resound,the coastlands, and those who dwell in them.
11. Let the wilderness and its cities cry out,the villages where Kedar dwells;Let the inhabitants of Sela exult,and shout from the top of the mountains.
12. Let them give glory to the Lord,and utter his praise in the coastlands.
13. The Lord goes forth like a warrior,like a man of war he stirs up his fury;He shouts out his battle cry,against his enemies he shows his might:
14. For a long time I have kept silent,I have said nothing, holding myself back;Now I cry out like a woman in labor,gasping and panting.
15. I will lay waste mountains and hills,all their undergrowth I will dry up;I will turn the rivers into marshes,and the marshes I will dry up.
16. I will lead the blind on a way they do not know;by paths they do not know I will guide them.I will turn darkness into light before them,and make crooked ways straight.These are my promises:I made them, I will not forsake them.
17. They shall be turned back in utter shamewho trust in idols;Who say to molten images,“You are our gods.”