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

The Lord God has given (B)me
    the tongue of those who are taught,
that (C)I may know how to sustain with a word
    (D)him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
    he awakens my ear
    to hear as those who are taught.
(E)The Lord God has opened my ear,
    (F)and I was not rebellious;
    I turned not backward.

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