Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray!

You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

But the Lord will protect me, and my God will shelter me.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

but each had four faces and four wings.

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

So they left the town and began coming to him.

Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.