3 I clothe the heavens with blackness,and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught,that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary.He wakens morning by morning,he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear,and I was not rebellious.I have not turned back.
6 I gave my back to those who beat me,and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair.I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord GOD will help me.Therefore I have not been confounded.Therefore I have set my face like a flint,and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
8 He who justifies me is near.Who will bring charges against me?Let us stand up together.Who is my adversary?Let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me!Who is he who will condemn me?Behold, they will all grow old like a garment.The moths will eat them up.