“I (A)clothe the heavens with blackness
And make sackcloth their covering.”

The Lord [a]God has given Me the tongue of (B)disciples,
That I may know how to (C)sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me (D)morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord God has (E)opened My ear;
And I was (F)not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

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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