Isaiah 42 brings us the first of 4 'servant songs' presenting us with a chosen and gentle servant Messiah (Jesus) filled with the Holy Spirit. Initially the "chosen" one is presented as a gentle bringer of "justice to the nations". The servant is to be "a covenant for the people and a light for the gentiles", opening blind eyes and freeing "captives from prison". "I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols". The text then calls all to "sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth... give glory to the Lord". It goes on to address "blind and deaf" Israel because "you have seen many things yet paid no attention; your ears are open, but you hear nothing".
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