Isa 42:1-7 | ESV | STEP | Behold my servant , whom I uphold , my chosen , in whom my soul delights ; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations .

Isaiah 42:1-7

The Lord’s Chosen Servant

1 ^aBehold ^bmy servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, ^cin whom my soul delights;
^dI have put my Spirit upon him;
^ehe will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 ^fa bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
^ghe will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged ^{▼▼Or bruised}
till he has established justice in the earth;
and ⁱthe coastlands wait for his law.
5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens ^jand stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
^kwho gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 “I am the Lord; ^lI have called you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse} in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ⁿas a covenant for the people,
^oa light for the nations,
7 ^pto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^qfrom the prison those who sit in darkness.