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I clothe the heavens with darkness,
    and I make[a] their covering sackcloth.”

The Servant’s Vindication

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of a pupil,
    to know how to help the weary with a word.
He awakens morning by morning,[b]
    awakens an ear for me to listen as do the pupils.
The Lord Yahweh has opened an ear for me,
    and I, I was not rebellious.
I did not turn backwards;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:3 Literally “put”
  2. Isaiah 50:4 Literally “in the morning in the morning”

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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