Isaiah 42
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“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold,
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He will not shout,
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He won’t break a bruised reed.
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He will not fail nor be discouraged,
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God the LORD,
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“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness.
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to open the blind eyes,
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“I am the LORD.
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Behold, the former things have happened
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Sing to the LORD a new song,
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Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
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Let them give glory to the LORD,
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The LORD will go out like a mighty man.
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“I have been silent a long time.
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I will destroy mountains and hills,
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I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
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“Those who trust in engraved images,
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“Hear, you deaf,
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Who is blind, but my servant?
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You see many things, but don’t observe.
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It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law
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But this is a robbed and plundered people.
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Who is there among you who will give ear to this?
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Who gave Jacob as plunder,
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Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,