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23 A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!

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23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(A)
    and how good is a timely word!(B)

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[The [a]Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:4 See footnote on Isa. 42:1.

The Sovereign Lord(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(E)

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