Isaiah
50:4-10
(4) The Lord GOD has given me the
tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him
who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those
who are taught.
(5) The Lord GOD has opened my
ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward.
(6) I gave my back to those who
strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from
disgrace and spitting.
(7) But the Lord GOD helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
(8) He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let
him come near to me.
(9) Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;
who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
(10) Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no
light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.