1 Coastlands, listen to me;distant peoples, pay attention.The Lord called me before I was born.He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.
2 He made my words like a sharp sword; He hid me in the shadow of His hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow;He hid me in His quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel; I will be glorified in him.”
4 But I myself said: I have labored in vain,I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;yet my vindication is with the Lord,and my reward is with my God.
5 And now, says the Lord,who formed me from the womb to be His Servant,to bring Jacob back to Himso that Israel might be gathered to Him;for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,and my God is my strength —