This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlink will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.
Collections of scriptures dealing with principles similar to those addressed this reading are hyperlinked after the reading.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Thus says the LORD:
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
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I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
servant = עֶבֶד = ʿeḇeḏ Blue Letter Bible slave, servant, man-servant; bondman, (bond-) servant; servant of servants, the lowest servant
uphold = תָּמַךְ = tāmaḵ Blue Letter Bible to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of; to hold up, support; keep; to take hold of each other; maintain, retain, stay (up); hold together, adhere
chosen = בָּחִיר = bāḥîr Blue Letter Bible chosen, choice one, chosen one, elect (of God); select, elect
pleased = רָצָה = rāṣâ Blue Letter Bible to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably; to make acceptable, satisfy; accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight; reconcile self; pay off; be graciously accepted
put = נָתַן = nāṯan Blue Letter Bible to give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; endow; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; to apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to
spirit = רוּחַ = rûaḥ Blue Letter Bible, mind, spirit; animation, vivacity, vigour; that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation; unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse; courage; desire; seat or organ of mental acts; the rational mind; intellect; seat of moral character; energy and executive and administrative power; energy of life; wind, breath; breath of air in motion; vital principle; endowing men with various gifts
justice = מִשְׁפָּט = mishpat Blue Letter Bible judgment, justice, ordinance; act of deciding a case; process, procedure, litigation (before judges); right, rectitude; proper, fitting; that which is just, lawful
nations = גּוֹי = gôy Blue Letter Bible nation, people; confluence of men
cry out = צָעַק = ṣāʿaq Blue Letter Bible call, cry for help, cry out, in distress, need; to make outcry, clamour; to call together; to shriek
making = נָשָׂא = nāśā' Blue Letter Bible to lift, bear up, carry, take; to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure; bear continuously; take, receive, take hold of; accept
voice = קוֹל = qôl Blue Letter Bible voice, sound, noise; to call aloud; a voice or sound; bleating, crackling, lowing, neighing, stamping of feet; noise of inanimate objects
heard = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear; to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to consent, agree; yield to; to obey, be obedient; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); to hear and answer
street = חוּץ = ḥûṣ Blue Letter Bible outside, outward, street, the outside; abroad, field, forth, highway; without
establishes = יָצָא = yāṣā' Blue Letter Bible to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out; to go out, to carry, pluck, pull out; send with commandment, shoot forth; carry or bring out; take or draw out; come out, exit, go forth; to deliver; bring forth (out, up), carry out; go forth; to rise
justice—see above
wait = יָחַל = yāḥal Blue Letter Bible to wait, hope, expect; to be patient; tarry, trust
teaching = תּוֹרָה = tôrâ Blue Letter Bible law; instruction, direction (human or divine); body of prophetic teaching; instruction in Messianic age; body of legal directives; custom, manner; the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law; precept; statute; doctrine
called = קָרָא = qārā' Blue Letter Bible to call, cry, utter a loud sound; to proclaim; to read aloud, read (to oneself); the idea of accosting a person met; address by name; call; name, give name to; to call upon or to
justice = צֶדֶק = sedeq Blue Letter Bible rightness, righteousness; what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures); righteousness, justice (in case or cause); righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity; rectitude; what ought to be
grasped = חָזַק = ḥāzaq Blue Letter Bible to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore; to make strong; to strengthen; to strengthen oneself; obstinate; grow stout, rigid, hard, with idea of perversity; confirm; adhere to, hold fast
formed—see “put” above
covenant = בְּרִית = bᵊrîṯ Blue Letter Bible covenant, alliance, pledge; compact; constitution, ordinance; alliance of friendship; confederacy; league; eating together
light = אוֹר = 'owr Blue Letter Bible light of day; light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars); day-break, dawn, morning light; luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun
nations—see above
open = פָּקַח = pāqaḥ Blue Letter Bible to open (the eyes); to open (the senses, especially the eyes); to be observant; restore sight; to enable to see things otherwise hidden
eyes = עַיִן = ʿayin Blue Letter Bible eye; before my eyes; set one eyes on; spring, fountain
blind = עִוֵּר = ʿiûēr Blue Letter Bible blind (literally or figuratively); he helpless, groping; the dull, unreceptive; ignorant
bring out = יָצָא = yāṣā' Blue Letter Bible to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out; to go out, to carry, pluck, pull out; send with commandment, shoot forth; carry or bring out; take or draw out; come out, exit, go forth; to deliver; bring forth (out, up), carry out; go forth; to rise
confinement = בַּיִת = bayiṯ Blue Letter Bible sepulcher; house, dwelling, habitation, abode; place; receptacle; home; house as containing a family; palace, fortress; inner part, family;
dungeon = מַסְגֵּר = masgēr Blue Letter Bible a shutting up; dungeon, enclosure; locksmith, smith, builder of bulwarks, he or that which shuts up
live = יָשַׁב = yāšaḇ Blue Letter Bible remain, sit, abide; to sit down; to settle; continue; enthroned; habitation, haunt; remain; return; stay, tarry; to be seated; to dwell
darkness = חֹשֶׁךְ = ḥōšeḵ Blue Letter Bible darkness, night; extraordinary darkness; misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; adversity, sadness; obscurity, secret place; dead, terror; mourning
Scriptures addressing the similar principles are collected at:
Wisdom Principles--Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
Praying for Leaders: That They be Fair, Honest, and not Corrupt
Wisdom Principles: Caring for the Weak & Vulnerable
Wisdom Principles--God's ways give security
What this reading tells us about God or our relationship with Him:
My servant whom I uphold
my chosen one
upon whom I have put my spirit
he establishes justice on the earth
I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice
I have grasped you by the hand
I formed you
a light for the nations
open the eyes of the blind
to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness
What this reading tells us to do:
servant
bring forth justice to the nations
wait for his teaching.
bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness
What this reading tells us not to do:
crying out
shouting
making his voice heard in the street.
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