2. He has made my mouth like a sharp sword.He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.He has made me a polished shaft.He has kept me close in his quiver.
3. He said to me, “You are my servant;Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
4. But I said, “I have laboured in vain.I have spent my strength in vain for nothing;yet surely the justice due to me is with the Lord,and my reward with my God.”