1 “ Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

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 out, nor raise His voice, Nor 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 smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for 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 nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His 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, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on 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 in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,

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 blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

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 carved 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 declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.” Praise to the Lord

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 ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you 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 voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top 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 coastlands.

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

13 T he Lord shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies. Promise of the Lord ’s Help

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 held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

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 vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, 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 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.

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 greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded 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 “ Hear, 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 as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, And blind as 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 S eeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.” Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience

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

21 T he Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.

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; All of them are snared in holes, And they are hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”

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 among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

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

24 W ho gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.

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 has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take 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!