The office of Christ -- God's promise unto him -- Praise to God for his gospel.

¹⁾Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

²⁾He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

³⁾A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

⁴⁾He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

⁵⁾Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein;

⁶⁾I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

⁷⁾To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

⁸⁾I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

⁹⁾Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.

¹⁰⁾Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

¹¹⁾Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

¹²⁾Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

¹³⁾The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war; he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

¹⁴⁾I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

¹⁵⁾I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

¹⁶⁾And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

¹⁷⁾They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

¹⁸⁾Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

¹⁹⁾For I will send my servant unto you who are blind; yea, a messenger to open the eyes of the blind, and unstop the ears of the deaf;

²⁰⁾And they shall be made perfect notwithstanding their blindness, if they will hearken unto the messenger, the Lord's servant.

²¹⁾Thou art a people, seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears to hear, but thou hearest not.

²²⁾The Lord is not well pleased with such a people, but for his righteousness' sake he will magnify the law and make it honorable.

²³⁾Thou art a people robbed and spoiled; thine enemies, all of them, have snared thee in holes, and they have hid thee in prison houses; they have taken thee for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

²⁴⁾Who among them will give ear unto thee, or hearken and hear thee for the time to come? and who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom they have sinned?

²⁵⁾For they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law; therefore he hath poured upon them the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and they have set them on fire round about, yet they know not, and it burned them, yet they laid it not to heart.