Bible Browser

49Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
²And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
³And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
⁴Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
⁵And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
⁶And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
⁷Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

Psalm 40

¹I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
³And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
⁴Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
⁵Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
⁶Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
⁷Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
⁹I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
¹⁰I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
¹¹Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
³⁰This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
³¹And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
³²And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
³³And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
³⁴And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
³⁵Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
³⁶And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
³⁷And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
³⁸Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
³⁹He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
⁴⁰One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
⁴¹He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
⁴²And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.