[Refrain] A bruised reed bends; he will not break it. A smoking wick breathes; he will not quench it. Truth moves quietly until judgment stands. The distant isles wait for his law. [Verse 1] Behold my servant, chosen and upheld; my delight rests upon him. He does not lift his voice in the street, he will not fail when resistance gathers, he will set judgment in the earth. [Post-Chorus] Gentle in sound, unbroken in purpose; quiet strength keeps moving outward. [Verse 2] The Maker stretched the heavens and spread the earth, gave breath to the people who walk upon it. I called thee in righteousness and held thine hand, kept thee for a covenant of the people, and gave thee for a light of the Gentiles. [Breakdown] Blind eyes open where the beam arrives; prison doors answer the turning key. Those seated in darkness rise from the house; my glory will not be given to graven stone. [Refrain] A bruised reed bends; he will not break it. A smoking wick breathes; he will not quench it. Truth moves quietly until judgment stands. The distant isles wait for his law. [Outro] The former things have come to pass; new things are told before they spring.