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.
⁷ For the Lord God will help me;
    therefore, I shall not be disgraced;
therefore, I have set my face like a flint,
    and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
⁸ He who vindicates me is near;
    who will contend with me?
    Let us stand up to each other.
Who is my adversary?
    Let him come near to me.
⁹ Certainly the Lord God will help me;
    who is he who condemns me?
Indeed they all shall grow old as a garment;
    the moth shall eat them up.