Add parallel Print Page Options

Nobody was there to meet me,
    when I came to help you.
When I called out to you,
    nobody answered me.
Do you think that my arm is too weak to rescue you?
    Am I not strong enough to save you?
Look! I can speak to the sea so that it becomes dry!
    I can cause rivers to become deserts.
Then the fish die because they have no water.
I can cause the sky to become dark,
    as if I have covered it with sackcloth.’

The Lord's Servant

‘The Almighty Lord has given his message to me, his servant.
    I speak it on his behalf.
I know what to say to help weak and tired people.
The Lord wakes me up every morning
    so that I can learn something.
I listen carefully to him,
    as a student listens to his teacher.

Read full chapter

When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(A)
Was my arm too short(B) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(C) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(D) I dry up the sea,(E)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(F)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens with darkness(G)
    and make sackcloth(H) its covering.”

The Sovereign Lord(I) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(J)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(K)
He wakens me morning by morning,(L)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(M)

Read full chapter