Isaiah 50:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned,
    that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word;
He awakens me morning by morning;
    He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.
⁵ The Lord God has opened my ear,
    and I was not rebellious,
    nor did I turn back.
⁶ I gave my back to those who struck me,
    and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard;
I did not cover my face
    from shame and spitting.