1. “This is My Servant; I strengthen Him,this is My Chosen One; I delight in Him. I have put My Spirit on Him; He will bring justice to the nations.
2. He will not cry out or shoutor make His voice heard in the streets.
3. He will not break a bruised reed,and He will not put out a smoldering wick;He will faithfully bring justice.
4. He will not grow weak or be discourageduntil He has established justice on earth.The islands will wait for His instruction.”
5. This is what God, Yahweh, says —who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on itand life to those who walk on it —
6. “I, Yahweh, have called Youfor a righteous purpose, and I will hold You by Your hand. I will keep You and appoint Youto be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
7. in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
8. I am Yahweh, that is My name;I will not give My glory to another or My praise to idols.
9. The past events have indeed happened.Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”
10. Sing a new song to the Lord; sing His praise from the ends of the earth,you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you islands with your inhabitants.
11. Let the desert and its cities shout,the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.