1 Listen to me, O coastlands,and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb,from the body of my mother he named my name.
2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me;he made me a polished arrow;in his quiver he hid me away.
3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;yet surely my right is with the Lord,and my recompense with my God.”
5 And now the Lord says,he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him;and that Israel might be gathered to him—for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,and my God has become my strength—