Isaiah 42:1 Behold, my servant,5650 whom I uphold;8551 my chosen,972 in whom my soul5315 delighteth:7521 I have put5414 my Spirit7307 upon him; he will bring forth3318 justice4941 to the Gentiles.1471{Or, nations (and elsewhere)} cr 2 He will not cry,6817 nor lift up5375 his voice,6963 nor cause it to be heard8085 in the street.2351 cr 3 A bruised7533 reed7070 will he not break,7665 and a dimly3544 burning wick6594 will he not quench:3518 he will bring forth3318 justice4941 in truth.571 cr 4 He will not fail3543{Or, burn dimly} nor be discouraged,7533{Or, bruised} till he have set7760 justice4941 in the earth;776 and the isles339 shall wait3176 for his law.8451 cr

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith559 God410 Jehovah,3068 he that created1254 the heavens,8064 and stretched them forth;5186 he that spread abroad7554 the earth776 and that which cometh out7554 of it; he that giveth5414 breath5397 unto the people5971 upon it, and spirit7307 to them that walk therein:1980 cr 6 I, Jehovah,3068 have called7121 thee in righteousness,6664 and will hold2388 thy hand,3027 and will keep5341{Or, form} thee, and give5414 thee for a covenant1285 of the people,5971 for a light216 of the Gentiles;1471 cr 7 to open6491 the blind5787 eyes,5869 to bring out3318 the prisoners616 from the dungeon,4525 and them that sit3427 in darkness2822 out of the3608 prison-house.1004 cr 8 I am Jehovah,3068 that is my name;8034 and my glory3519 will I not give5414 to another,312 neither my praise8416 unto graven images.6456 cr 9 Behold, the former things7223 are come to pass,935 and new things2319 do I declare;5046 before they spring forth6779 I tell you of them.8085 cr

Isaiah 42:10 Sing7891 unto Jehovah3068 a new2319 song,7892 and his praise8416 from the end7097 of the earth;776 ye that go down3381 to the sea,3220 and all that is therein,4393 the isles,339 and the inhabitants thereof.3427 cr 11 Let the wilderness4057 and the cities5892 thereof lift up5375 their voice, the villages2691 that Kedar6938 doth inhabit;3427 let the inhabitants3427 of Sela5553 sing,7442 let them shout6681 from the top7218 of the mountains.2022 cr 12 Let them give7760 glory3519 unto Jehovah,3068 and declare5046 his praise8416 in the islands.339 cr 13 Jehovah3068 will go forth3318 as a mighty man;1368 he will stir up5782 his zeal7068 like a man376 of war:4421 he will cry,7321 yea, he will shout aloud;6873 he will do mightily1396 against his enemies.341 cr

Isaiah 42:14 I have long time5769 holden my peace;2814 I have been still,2790 and refrained662 myself: now will I cry6463 out like a travailing woman;3205 I will gasp5395{Or, destroy and devour} and pant7602 together.3162 cr 15 I will lay waste2717 mountains2022 and hills,1389 and dry up3001 all their herbs;6212 and I will make7760 the rivers5104 islands,339 and will dry up3001 the pools.98 cr 16 And I will bring3212 the blind5787 by a way1870 that they know3045 not; in paths5410 that they know3045 not will I lead1869 them; I will make7760 darkness4285 light216 before6440 them, and crooked places4625 straight.4334 These things4625 will I do,6213 and{Or, and will not forbear} I will not forsake them.5800 cr 17 They shall be turned5472 back,268 they shall be utterly1322 put to shame,954 that trust982 in graven images,6459 that say559 unto molten images,4541 Ye are our gods.430 cr

Isaiah 42:18 Hear,8085 ye deaf;2795 and look,5027 ye blind,5787 that ye may see.7200 cr 19 Who is blind,5787 but my servant?5650 or deaf,2795 as my messenger4397 that I send?7971 who is blind5787 as he that is at{Or, made perfect. Or, recompensed} peace7999 with me, and blind5787 as Jehovah's3068 servant?5650 cr 20 Thou seest7200 many things,7227 but thou observest8104 not; his ears241 are open,6491 but he heareth not.8085 cr 21 It pleased2654 Jehovah,3068 for his righteousness'6664 sake, to magnify1431{Or, make the teaching great and glorious} the law,8451 and make it honorable.142 cr 22 But this is a people5971 robbed962 and plundered;8154 they are all of them snared6351 in holes,2352 and they are hid2244 in prison houses:1004 they are for a prey,957 and none delivereth;5337 for a spoil,4933 and none saith,559 Restore.7725 cr

Isaiah 42:23 Who is there among you that will give ear238 to this? that will hearken7181 and hear8085 for the time to come?268 cr 24 Who gave5414 Jacob3290 for a spoil,4933 and Israel3478 to the robbers?962 did not Jehovah?3068 he against whom2098 we have sinned,2398 and in whose ways1870 they would14 not walk,1980 neither were they obedient8085 unto his law.8451{Or, teaching} cr 25 Therefore he poured8210 upon him the fierceness2534 of his anger,639 and the strength5807 of battle;4421 and it set him on fire3857 round about,5439 yet he knew3045 not; and it burned1197 him, yet he laid7760 it not to heart.3820 cr