<p class="poetry">For the sake of my servant Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">Israel, my chosen one,p> <p class="poetry">I call you by namep> <p class="poetry">and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize<n id="1" /> me.p>

<p class="poetry">I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.p> <p class="poetry">My chosen ones will take possession of the land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my servants will live there.p>

<p class="poetry">Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> will kill you,p> <p class="poetry">but he will give his servants another name.p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Here is my servant whom I support,p> <p class="poetry">my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.p> <p class="poetry">I have placed my spirit on him;p> <p class="poetry">he will make just decrees<n id="2" /> for the nations.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The wild animals of the desert honor me,p> <p class="poetry">the jackals and ostriches,p> <p class="poetry">because I put water in the desertp> <p class="poetry">and streams in the wilderness,p> <p class="poetry">to quench the thirst of my chosen people,p>

<p class="poetry">No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for my people will live as long as trees,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.<n id="4" />p>