I dress the heavens in black
and make sackcloth their covering.(A)

The Obedient Servant

The Lord God has given me
the tongue of those who are instructed(B)
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens me each morning;
he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.(C)
The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back.(D)

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I clothe the heavens with darkness(A)
    and make sackcloth(B) its covering.”

The Sovereign Lord(C) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(D)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(E)
He wakens me morning by morning,(F)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(G)
The Sovereign Lord(H) has opened my ears;(I)
    I have not been rebellious,(J)
    I have not turned away.

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