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World English Bible Classic
[1] “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights:
I have put my Spirit on him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
[2] He will not shout,
nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
[3] He won’t break a bruised reed.
He won’t quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justice.
[4] He will not fail nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth,
and the islands wait for his law.” [5] God Yahweh,
he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it,
he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
[6] “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness.
I will hold your hand.
I will keep you,
and make you a covenant for the people,
as a light for the nations,
[7] to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
and those who sit in darkness out of the prison. [8] “I am Yahweh.
That is my name.
I will not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to engraved images.
[9] Behold, the former things have happened
and I declare new things.
I tell you about them before they come up.” [10] Sing to Yahweh a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea,
and all that is therein,
the islands and their inhabitants.
[11] Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
with the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing.
Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
[12] Let them give glory to Yahweh,
and declare his praise in the islands.
[13] Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
He will stir up zeal like a man of war.
He will raise a war cry.
Yes, he will shout aloud.
He will triumph over his enemies. [14] “I have been silent a long time.
I have been quiet and restrained myself.
Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
[15] I will destroy mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs.
I will make the rivers islands,
and will dry up the pools.
[16] I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
I will lead them in paths that they don’t know.
I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked places straight.
I will do these things,
and I will not forsake them. [17] “Those who trust in engraved images,
who tell molten images,
‘You are our gods,’
will be turned back.
They will be utterly disappointed. [18] “Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind,
that you may see.
[19] Who is blind, but my servant?
Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
[20] You see many things, but don’t observe.
His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
[21] It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law
and make it honorable.
[22] But this is a robbed and plundered people.
All of them are snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prisons.
They have become captives, and no one delivers,
and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’ [23] Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
[24] Who gave Jacob as plunder,
and Israel to the robbers?
Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in his ways,
and they disobeyed his law.
[25] Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
and the strength of battle.
It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know.
It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
my chosen, in whom my soul delights:
I have put my Spirit on him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
[2] He will not shout,
nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
[3] He won’t break a bruised reed.
He won’t quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justice.
[4] He will not fail nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth,
and the islands wait for his law.” [5] God Yahweh,
he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it,
he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
[6] “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness.
I will hold your hand.
I will keep you,
and make you a covenant for the people,
as a light for the nations,
[7] to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
and those who sit in darkness out of the prison. [8] “I am Yahweh.
That is my name.
I will not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to engraved images.
[9] Behold, the former things have happened
and I declare new things.
I tell you about them before they come up.” [10] Sing to Yahweh a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea,
and all that is therein,
the islands and their inhabitants.
[11] Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
with the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing.
Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
[12] Let them give glory to Yahweh,
and declare his praise in the islands.
[13] Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
He will stir up zeal like a man of war.
He will raise a war cry.
Yes, he will shout aloud.
He will triumph over his enemies. [14] “I have been silent a long time.
I have been quiet and restrained myself.
Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
[15] I will destroy mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs.
I will make the rivers islands,
and will dry up the pools.
[16] I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
I will lead them in paths that they don’t know.
I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked places straight.
I will do these things,
and I will not forsake them. [17] “Those who trust in engraved images,
who tell molten images,
‘You are our gods,’
will be turned back.
They will be utterly disappointed. [18] “Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind,
that you may see.
[19] Who is blind, but my servant?
Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?
[20] You see many things, but don’t observe.
His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
[21] It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law
and make it honorable.
[22] But this is a robbed and plundered people.
All of them are snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prisons.
They have become captives, and no one delivers,
and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’ [23] Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
[24] Who gave Jacob as plunder,
and Israel to the robbers?
Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in his ways,
and they disobeyed his law.
[25] Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
and the strength of battle.
It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know.
It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
King James Version
Behold my Servant
[1] Behold my servant, H5650 whom I uphold; H8551 (QalImpf) mine elect, H972 in whom my soul H5315 delighteth; H7521 (QalPerf) I have put H5414 (QalPerf) my spirit H7307 upon him: he shall bring forth H3318 (HiphImpf) judgment H4941 to the Gentiles. H1471 [2] He shall not cry, H6817 (QalImpf) nor lift up, H5375 (QalImpf) nor cause his voice H6963 to be heard H8085 (HiphImpf) in the street. H2351 [3] A bruised H7533 (QalPasPtc) reed H7070 shall he not break, H7665 (QalImpf) and the smoking H3544§ flax H6594 shall he not quench: H3518 (PielImpf)§ he shall bring forth H3318 (HiphImpf) judgment H4941 unto truth. H571 [4] He shall not fail H3543 (QalImpf) nor be discouraged, H7533 (QalImpf)§ till he have set H7760 (QalImpf) judgment H4941 in the earth: H776 and the isles H339 shall wait H3176 (PielImpf) for his law. H8451 [5] Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) God H410 the Lord, H3068 he that created H1254 (QalActPtc) the heavens, H8064 and stretched them out; H5186 (QalActPtc) he that spread forth H7554 (QalActPtc) the earth, H776 and that which cometh out H6631 of it; he that giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) breath H5397 unto the people H5971 upon it, and spirit H7307 to them that walk H1980 (QalActPtc) therein: [6] I the Lord H3068 have called H7121 (QalPerf) thee in righteousness, H6664 and will hold H2388 (HiphImpf) thine hand, H3027 and will keep H5341 (QalImpf) thee, and give H5414 (QalImpf) thee for a covenant H1285 of the people, H5971 for a light H216 of the Gentiles; H1471 [7] to open H6491 (QalInf) the blind H5787 eyes, H5869 to bring out H3318 (HiphInf) the prisoners H616 from the prison, H4525 and them that sit H3427 (QalActPtc) in darkness H2822 out of the prison H3608 house. H1004 [8] I am the Lord: H3068 that is my name: H8034 and my glory H3519 will I not give H5414 (QalImpf) to another, H312 neither my praise H8416 to graven images. H6456 [9] Behold, the former things H7223 are come to pass, H935 (QalPerf) and new things H2319 do I declare: H5046 (HiphPtc) before they spring forth H6779 (QalImpf) I tell H8085 (HiphImpf) you of them. [10] Sing H7891 (QalImpv) unto the Lord H3068 a new H2319 song, H7892 and his praise H8416 from the end H7097 of the earth, H776 ye that go down H3381 (QalActPtc) to the sea, H3220 and all that is therein; H4393§ the isles, H339 and the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) thereof. [11] Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities H5892 thereof lift up H5375 (QalImpf) their voice, the villages H2691 that Kedar H6938 doth inhabit: H3427 (QalImpf) let the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of the rock H5553 sing, H7442 (QalImpf) let them shout H6681 (QalImpf) from the top H7218 of the mountains. H2022 [12] Let them give H7760 (QalImpf) glory H3519 unto the Lord, H3068 and declare H5046 (HiphImpf) his praise H8416 in the islands. H339 [13] The Lord H3068 shall go forth H3318 (QalImpf) as a mighty man, H1368 he shall stir up H5782 (HiphImpf) jealousy H7068 like a man H376 of war: H4421 he shall cry, H7321 (HiphImpf) yea, roar; H6873 (HiphImpf) he shall prevail H1396 (HithImpf)§ against his enemies. H341 (QalActPtc) [14] I have long time H5769 holden my peace; H2814 (HiphPerf) I have been still, H2790 (HiphImpf) and refrained H662 (HithImpf) myself: now will I cry H6463 (QalImpf) like a travailing woman; H3205 (QalActPtc) I will destroy H5395 (QalImpf/Ketiv) and devour H7602 (QalImpf)§ at once. H3162 [15] I will make waste H2717 (HiphImpf) mountains H2022 and hills, H1389 and dry up H3001 (HiphImpf) all their herbs; H6212 and I will make H7760 (QalPerf) the rivers H5104 islands, H339 and I will dry up H3001 (HiphImpf) the pools. H98 [16] And I will bring H3212 (HiphPerf) the blind H5787 by a way H1870 that they knew H3045 (QalPerf) not; I will lead H1869 (HiphImpf) them in paths H5410 that they have not known: H3045 (QalPerf) I will make H7760 (QalImpf) darkness H4285 light H216 before H6440 them, and crooked things H4625 straight. H4334§ These things H1697 will I do H6213 (QalPerf) unto them, and not forsake H5800 (QalPerf) them. [17] They shall be turned H5472 (NiphPerf) back, H268 they shall be greatly H1322 ashamed, H954 (QalImpf) that trust H982 (QalActPtc) in graven images, H6459 that say H559 (QalActPtc) to the molten images, H4541 Ye are our gods. H430 [18] Hear, H8085 (QalImpv) ye deaf; H2795 and look, H5027 (HiphImpv) ye blind, H5787 that ye may see. H7200 (QalInf) [19] Who is blind, H5787 but my servant? H5650 or deaf, H2795 as my messenger H4397 that I sent? H7971 (QalImpf) who is blind H5787 as he that is perfect, H7999 (PualPtc) and blind H5787 as the Lord’s H3068 servant? H5650 [20] Seeing H7200 (QalInf/Qere) many things, H7227 but thou observest H8104 (QalImpf) not; opening H6491 (QalInf) the ears, H241 but he heareth H8085 (QalImpf) not. [21] The Lord H3068 is well pleased H2654 (QalPerf) for his righteousness’ H6664 sake; he will magnify H1431 (HiphImpf) the law, H8451 and make it§ honourable. H142 (HiphImpf) [22] But this is a people H5971 robbed H962 (QalPasPtc) and spoiled; H8154 (QalPasPtc) they are all of them snared§ H6351 (HiphInf) in holes, H2352 (Ketiv) and they are hid H2244 (HophPerf) in prison H3608 houses: H1004 they are for a prey, H957 and none delivereth; H5337 (HiphPtc) for a spoil, H4933§ and none saith, H559 (QalActPtc) Restore. H7725 (HiphImpv) [23] Who among you will give ear H238 (HiphImpf) to this? who will hearken H7181 (HiphImpf) and hear H8085 (QalImpf) for the time to come? H268§ [24] Who gave H5414 (QalPerf) Jacob H3290 for a spoil, H4933 (Qere) and Israel H3478 to the robbers? H962 (QalActPtc) did not the Lord, H3068 he against whom H2098 we have sinned? H2398 (QalPerf) for they would H14 (QalPerf) not walk H1980 (QalInf) in his ways, H1870 neither were they obedient H8085 (QalPerf) unto his law. H8451 [25] Therefore he hath poured H8210 (QalImpf) upon him the fury H2534 of his anger, H639 and the strength H5807 of battle: H4421 and it hath set him on fire H3857 (PielImpf) round about, H5439 yet he knew H3045 (QalPerf) not; and it burned H1197 (QalImpf) him, yet he laid H7760 (QalImpf) it not to heart. H3820Footnotes
- § 42:3a Or, dimly burning
- § 42:3b Heb. quench it
- § 42:4 Heb. broken
- § 42:10 Heb. the fullness thereof
- § 42:13 Or, behave himself mightily
- § 42:14 Heb. swallow or sup up
- § 42:16 Heb. into straightness
- § 42:21 Or, him
- § 42:22a Or, in snaring all the young men of them
- § 42:22b Heb. a treading
- § 42:23 Heb. for the after time
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