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92 lines
3.6 KiB
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# Chapter 42
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1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
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my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
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I have put my Spirit upon him;
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he will bring forth justice to the nations.
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2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
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or make it heard in the street;
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3 a bruised reed he will not break,
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and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
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he will faithfully bring forth justice.
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4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged
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till he has established justice in the earth;
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and the coastlands wait for his law.
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5 Thus says God, the Lord,
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who created the heavens and stretched them out,
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who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
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who gives breath to the people on it
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and spirit to those who walk in it:
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6 “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
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I will take you by the hand and keep you;
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I will give you as a covenant for the people,
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a light for the nations,
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7 to open the eyes that are blind,
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to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
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from the prison those who sit in darkness.
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8 I am the Lord; that is my name;
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my glory I give to no other,
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nor my praise to carved idols.
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9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
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and new things I now declare;
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before they spring forth
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I tell you of them.”
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10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
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his praise from the end of the earth,
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you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
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the coastlands and their inhabitants.
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11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
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the villages that Kedar inhabits;
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let the habitants of Sela sing for joy,
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let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
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and declare his praise in the coastlands.
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13 The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
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like a man of war he stirs up his zeal;
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he cries out, he shouts aloud,
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he shows himself mighty against his foes.
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14 For a long time I have held my peace;
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I have kept still and restrained myself;
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now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
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I will gasp and pant.
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15 I will lay waste mountains and hills,
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and dry up all their vegetation;
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I will turn the rivers into islands,
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and dry up the pools.
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16 And I will lead the blind
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in a way that they do not know,
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in paths that they have not known
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I will guide them.
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I will turn the darkness before them into light,
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the rough places into level ground.
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These are the things I do,
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and I do not forsake them.
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17 They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
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who trust in carved idols,
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who say to metal images,
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“You are our gods.”
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18 Hear, you deaf,
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and look, you blind, that you may see!
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19 Who is blind but my servant,
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or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
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Who is blind as my dedicated one,
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or blind as the servant of the Lord?
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20 He sees many things, but does not observe them;
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his ears are open, but he does not hear.
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21 The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
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to magnify his law and make it glorious.
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22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
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they are all of them trapped in holes
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and hidden in prisons;
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they have become plunder with none to rescue,
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spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
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23 Who among you will give ear to this,
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will attend and listen for the time to come?
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24 Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
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and Israel to the plunderers?
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Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
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in whose ways they would not walk,
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and whose law they would not obey?
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25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
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and the might of battle;
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it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
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it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart. |