Here Is My Servant (Matthew 12:15–21)
2 DRA He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad. BSB BSB: He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 DRA The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. BSB BSB: A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 DRA He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law. BSB BSB: He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
5 DRA 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. BSB BSB: This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
7 DRA 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. BSB BSB: to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
9 DRA The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you head them. BSB BSB: Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
A New Song of Praise (Psalm 98:1–9; Psalm 149:1–9)
10 DRA Sing ye to the Lora 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. BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
12 DRA They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands. BSB BSB: Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
13 DRA The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies. BSB BSB: The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
14 DRA I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once. BSB BSB: “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
15 DRA I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools. BSB BSB: I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
16 DRA And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them. BSB BSB: I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
17 DRA They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god. BSB BSB: But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Israel Is Deaf and Blind 18 DRA Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see. BSB BSB: Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
19 DRA Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord? BSB BSB: Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 DRA Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear? BSB BSB: Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 DRA And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it. BSB BSB: The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 DRA But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore. BSB BSB: But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
23 DRA Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come? BSB BSB: Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
24 DRA Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law. BSB BSB: Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
25 DRA And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not. BSB BSB: So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
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