Refrain:
AllI have given you as a light
to the nations,
and I have called you in righteousness.
1Thus says God, who created
the heavens, ♦
who fashioned the earth and all that dwells in it;
2Who gives breath to
the people upon it ♦
and spirit to those who walk in it,
3 ‘I am the Lord and I
have called you in righteousness, ♦
I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
4 ‘I have given you as
a covenant to the people, ♦
a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind,
5‘To bring out the captives
from the dungeon, ♦
from the prison, those who sit in darkness.
6‘I am the Lord, that
is my name; ♦
my glory I give to no other.’
Isaiah 42.5-8a
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllI have given you as a light
to the nations,
and I have called you in righteousness.