My servant… Christ, who according to his humanity, is the servant of
God.
42:2. He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
42:3. The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
42:4. He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall wait for his law.
42:5. Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
42:6. I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
42:7. That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
42:8. I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
42:9. The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.
42:10. Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.