Isaiah 42:1-9

International Standard Version

42 “Here is my servant, whom I support,
    my chosen one, in whom I delight.^[a]
I’ve placed my Spirit upon him;
    and^[b] he’ll deliver his^[c] justice throughout the world.^[d]
2 He won’t shout,
    or raise his voice,
        or make it heard in the street.
³ A crushed reed he will not break,
    and a fading candle^[e] he won’t snuff out.^[f]
        He’ll bring forth^[g] justice for the truth.
⁴ And^[h] he won’t grow faint or be crushed
    until he establishes justice on the mainland,
        and the coastlands take ownership of^[i] his Law.”

⁵ This is what God says—
    the God^[j] who created the heavens
        and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and its produce,
    who gives breath to the people on it
        and life^[k] to those who walk in it:
⁶ “I’ve^[l] called you in righteousness.
    I’ll take hold of your hand.
I’ll preserve you and appoint you
    as a covenant to the people,^[m]
        as a light for the nations,
⁷ to open blind eyes
    and to bring out those who are bound^[n] from their cells,
        and^[o] those sitting in darkness from prison.
⁸ I, the Lord, am the one,
    and I won’t give my name and^[p] glory to another,
        nor my praise to idols.
⁹ See, the former things have taken place,
    and I’m announcing the^[q] new things—
before they spring into being