12 A SONG OF THE COVENANT Hæc dicit Dominus
Refrain:	I have given you as a light to the nations,* and I have called you in righteousness.
1	Thus says God, who created the heavens,* who fashioned the earth and all that dwells in it;
2	Who gives breath to the people upon it* and spirit to those who walk in it,
3	‘I am the Lord and I have called you in righteousness,* I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
4	‘I have given you as a covenant to the people,* a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind,
5	‘To bring out the captives from the dungeon,* from the prison, those who sit in darkness.
6	‘I am the Lord, that is my name;* my glory I give to no other.’
	Glory . . . Isaiah 42. 5-8a
	I have given you as a light to the nations,* and I have called you in righteousness.