1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;

Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;

He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,

To give unto them beauty for ashes,

The oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they might be called trees of righteousness,

The planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

4 And they shall build the old wastes,

They shall raise up the former desolations,

And they shall repair the waste cities,

The desolations of many generations.

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,

And the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord:

Men shall call you the Ministers of our God:

Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

And in their glory shall you boast yourselves.

7 For your shame you shall have double;

And for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:

Therefore in their land they shall possess the double:

Everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8 For I the Lord love judgment,

I hate robbery for burnt offering;

And I will direct their work in truth,

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles,

And their offspring among the people:

All that see them shall acknowledge them,

That they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,

And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,

And as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;

So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth

Before all the nations.