Psalm 42

It took me about 6 minutes to read this chapter. I had always considered the call to God's people to shine as a beacon to the world was new with Jesus' words in Matthew. Here Isaiah introduces the concept to the beleivers struggeling in Judah. His call in verse 7 may have been exclusively to Isaiah, and also to Jesus years in the future. But they carry the same weight as when Jesus spoke the to the large gathering on the mountain. Go let you light shine before all men.
Stuart