Who has believed our message?
To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He that grew up before him, like a tender shoot,
Like a root out of dry ground
He had no beauty
No majesty to attract us to him
Nothing in His appearance
That we should desire

He was despised and rejected by men
Familiar with suffering
Like one from whom, men hide their face
He was despised and rejected!

Surely he took our infirmities
Surely he carried our sorrows
Yet we considered Him stricken
Smitten by God and afflicted
He who was pierced for our deeds
He was crushed for our sins
The punishment placed upon Him
Was the thing that brought us peace

And by His wounds and His scars we are healed
We are the sheep gone astray
Each of us turned to our own selfish way
The Lord he laid all of this on Him

He did not cry out or justify
Led like a lamb to the slaughter
And Just like a sheep that is silent
Before his shearers was silent??

By oppression and judgment He was taken away
Cut off from the land of the living
And there was no violence that came from His lips
He was despised and rejected!

It was the Lord’s will to crush Him
And cause Him to suffer
Making his life a guilt offering
And numbering him with the sinners

And so we call Him the great light of life
And He will justify many
He will divide the spoils with the strong
No longer despised and rejected

© Isaiah/Grant Norsworthy/Paul Colman/Phil Gaudion Team Tasman Music / ASCAP (Administered by Fun Attic Music, Nashville, TN), Paul Colman Publishing / ASCAP (Administered by The Copyright Company, Nashville, TN, Phil Gaudion Music

Behind the Song:
Written in Paul’s home studio Box Hill, Victoria (2001), a hotel in Ennepetal Germany, (2001) and at The Niche Lounge, Franklin TN Jan (2011)