^{1 Ref} Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

^{2 Ref} He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

^{3 Ref} A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.

^{4 Ref} He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

^{5 Ref} Thus says God Yahweh, 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 therein:

^{6 Ref} I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

^{7 Ref} to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

^{8 Ref} I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to engraved images.

^{9 Ref} Behold, the former things have happened, and new things do I declare. Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

^{10 Ref} 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 isles, and the inhabitants of it.

^{11 Ref} Let the wilderness and the cities of it lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar does inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

^{12 Ref} Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.