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As a light to the Gentiles, 19 Who is blind but My servant,
7 To open blind eyes, Or deaf as My messenger whom I
To bring out prisoners from the prison, send?
Those who sit in darkness from the Who is blind as he who is perfect,
prison house. And blind as the LORD’s servant?
8 I am the LORD, that is My name; 20
And My glory I will not give to another, Seeing many things, but you do not
observe;
Nor My praise to carved images.
9 Behold, the former things have come Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”
to pass, 21 The LORD is well pleased for His
And new things I declare; righteousness’ sake;
Before they spring forth I tell you of He will exalt the law and make it
them.” honorable.
22 But this is a people robbed and
10 Sing to the LORD a new song,
plundered;
And His praise from the ends of the All of them are snared in holes,
earth,
You who go down to the sea, and all And they are hidden in prison houses;
They are for prey, and no one delivers;
that is in it, For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”
You coastlands and you inhabitants of
them! 23 Who among you will give ear to this?
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up Who will listen and hear for the time to
their voice, come?
The villages that Kedar inhabits. 24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, to the robbers?
Let them shout from the top of the Was it not the LORD,
mountains. He against whom we have sinned?
12 Let them give glory to the LORD, For they would not walk in His ways,
And declare His praise in the 25 Nor were they obedient to His law.
coastlands. Therefore He has poured on him the
13 The LORD shall go forth like a mighty fury of His anger
man; And the strength of battle;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. It has set him on fire all around,
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; Yet he did not know;
He shall prevail against His enemies. And it burned him,
Yet he did not take it to heart.
14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself. Psalm 109:26–31
Now I will cry like a woman in labor, 26 Help me, O LORD my God!
I will pant and gasp at once. Oh, save me according to Your mercy,
I will lay waste the mountains and hills, 27 That they may know that this is Your
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And dry up all their vegetation; hand—
I will make the rivers coastlands, That You, LORD, have done it!
And I will dry up the pools. 28
16 Let them curse, but You bless;
I will bring the blind by a way they did When they arise, let them be ashamed,
not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not 29 But let Your servant rejoice.
Let my accusers be clothed with
known.
shame,
I will make darkness light before them, And let them cover themselves with
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them, their own disgrace as with a mantle.
And not forsake them. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my
17 They shall be turned back, mouth;
They shall be greatly ashamed, Yes, I will praise Him among the
Who trust in carved images, multitude.
Who say to the molded images, 31 For He shall stand at the right hand of
‘You are our gods.’
the poor,
18 “Hear, you deaf; To save him from those who condemn
And look, you blind, that you may see. him.

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