Isaiah 42:1–9

¹“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold,

My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights.

I will put My Spirit on Him,

and He will bring justice to the nations.

²He will not cry out or raise His voice,

nor make His voice heard in the streets.

³A bruised reed He will not break

and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish;

He will faithfully bring forth justice.

⁴He will not grow weak or discouraged^a

before He has established justice on the earth.

In His law the islands will put their hope.”^b

⁵This is what God the LORD says—

He who created the heavens

and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and its offspring,

who gives breath to the people on it

and life to those who walk in it:

⁶“I, the LORD, have called you

for a righteous purpose,

and I will take hold of your hand.

I will keep you and appoint you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light to the nations,

⁷to open the eyes of the blind,

to bring prisoners out of the dungeon

and those sitting in darkness

out from the prison house.

⁸I am the LORD;

that is My name!

I will not yield My glory to another

or My praise to idols.

⁹Behold, the former things have happened,

and now I declare new things.

Before they spring forth

I proclaim them to you.”