A reading from the Book of Isaiah.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights.

I have put my spirit upon him. He will bring forth justice to the nations.

He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street. A bruised

reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench. He will faithfully bring

forth justice. He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth and the coastlands

wait for his law. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it,

and spirit to those who walk in it.

I am the Lord. I have called you in righteousness. I will take you by the hand and keep you.

I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations to open the eyes that are

blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, a light for the nations to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the

prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

I am the Lord. That is my name. My glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

Behold the former things have come to pass,

and new things I now declare,

before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Sing to the Lord a new song,

His praise from the end of the earth.

You who go down to the sea and all that fills it,

the coastlands and their inhabitants. Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,

the villages that Keter inhabits. Let the habitants of Silas sing for joy. Let them shout from

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