1 B ehold my Servant, Whom I uphold, My elect in Whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice and right and reveal truth to the nations.

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

2 H e will not cry or shout aloud or cause His voice to be heard in the street.

He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.

3 A bruised reed He will not break, and a dimly burning wick He will not quench; He will bring forth justice in truth.

A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.

4 H e will not fail or become weak or be crushed and discouraged till He has established justice in the earth; and the islands and coastal regions shall wait hopefully for Him and expect His direction and law.

He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.

5 T hus says God the Lord—He Who created the heavens and stretched them forth, He Who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, He Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.

6 I the Lord have called You for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people, for a light to the nations,

I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.

7 T o open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness from the prison.

To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

8 I am the Lord; that is My name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.

I Jehovah, this My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images.

9 B ehold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.

The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.

10 S ing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands and coastal regions and the inhabitants of them!

Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.

11 L et the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; let them shout from the tops of the mountains!

The wilderness and its cities do lift up, The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.

12 L et them give glory to the Lord and declare His praise in the islands and coastal regions.

They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.

13 T he Lord will go forth like a mighty man, He will rouse up His zealous indignation and vengeance like a warrior; He will cry, yes, He will shout aloud, He will do mightily against His enemies.

Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.

14 I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together.

I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.

15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools.

I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

16 A nd I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness into light before them and make uneven places into a plain. These things I have determined to do; and I will not leave them forsaken.

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

17 T hey shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods.

Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye our gods.'

18 H ear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see!

Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

19 W ho is blind but My servant ? Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me ? Yes, who is blind like the Lord’s servant?

Who blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?

20 Y ou have seen many things, but you do not observe or apprehend their true meaning. His ears are open, but he hears not!

Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

21 I t was the Lord’s pleasure for His righteousness’ sake to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them.

Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

22 B ut this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes and hidden in houses of bondage. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver them, a spoil, with no one to say, Restore them!

And this a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.'

23 W ho is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear in the time to come?

Who among you giveth ear this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.

24 W ho gave up Jacob for spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against Whom we have sinned and in Whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient to His law or His teaching?

Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law.

25 T herefore He poured out upon the fierceness of His anger and the strength of battle. And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; it burned him, but he did not lay it to heart.

And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!