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I said, ‘My work has been useless.
    I have worked hard with no results.’
But the Lord will do what is right for me.
    He will give me what I deserve for my work.

The Lord chose me to be his servant, even before I was born. He chose me to bring Jacob's descendants back to himself. He chose me to bring Israel's people together to serve him. As a result, the Lord will honour me. He is the one who makes me strong. The Lord, my God, says,

‘As my servant, I have a greater job for you to do.
    It will not only be to make Jacob's tribes strong again.
    It will not only be to bring back Israel's people that I have kept safe.
It will also be your job
    to bring light to the other nations.
You will show people all over the world
    that I have the power to save them.’

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