Isaiah 42:1-12

Authorized (King James) Version

42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold;
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;
I have put my spirit upon him:
he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
² He shall not cry, nor lift up,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
³ A bruised reed shall he not break,
and the smoking flax shall he not quench:
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
⁴ He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth:
and the isles shall wait for his law.

⁵ Thus saith God the Lord,
he that created the heavens, and stretched them out;
he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it;
he that giveth breath unto the people upon it,
and spirit to them that walk therein:
⁶ I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people,
for a light of the Gentiles;
⁷ to open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
⁸ I am the Lord: that is my name:
and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images.
⁹ Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.

¹⁰ Sing unto the Lord a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth,
ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein;
the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
¹¹ Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar doth inhabit:
let the inhabitants of the rock sing,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
¹² Let them give glory unto the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands.