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 —
6 He says,“It is not enough for you to be My Servantraising up the tribes of Jacoband restoring the protected ones of Israel.I will also make you a light for the nations, to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
7 This is what the Lord,the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, saysto one who is despised,to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and stand up,and princes will bow down,because of the Lord, who is faithful,the Holy One of Israel — and He has chosen you.”
8 This is what the Lord says:I will answer you in a time of favor,and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the people, to restore the land,to make them possess the desolate inheritances,