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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.
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He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
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A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
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He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
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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:
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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;
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to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
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I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to engraved images.
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Behold, the former things have happened, and new things do I declare. Before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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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.
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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.
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Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.