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Listen to Me, O ^(a)islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. ^(b)The Lord called Me from the womb; From the ^[a]body of My mother He named Me.

He has made My ^(c)mouth like a sharp sword, In the ^(d)shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a ^[b]select ^(e)arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.

He said to Me, "^(f)You are My Servant, Israel, ^(g)In Whom I will ^[c]show My glory."

But I said, "I have ^(h)toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord , And My ⁽ⁱ⁾reward with My God."

And now says ^(j)the Lord , who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ^(k)Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am ^(l)honored in the sight of the Lord , And My God is My ^(m)strength),

He says, "It is too ^[d]small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the ⁽ⁿ⁾preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a ^(o)light ^[e]of the nations So that My salvation may ^[f]reach to the ^(p)end of the earth."