³ He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(A) and familiar with pain.^(B)
Like one from whom people hide^(C) their faces
    he was despised,^(D) and we held him in low esteem.

⁶ I offered my back to those who beat^(A) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(B)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.^(C)
7 Because the Sovereign Lord^(D) helps^(E) me,
    I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(F)
    and I know I will not be put to shame.^(G)