4. The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned,that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word;He awakens me morning by morning;He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.
5. The Lord God has opened my ear,and I was not rebellious,nor did I turn back.
6. I gave my back to those who struck me,and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard;I did not cover my facefrom shame and spitting.
7. For the Lord God will help me;therefore, I shall not be disgraced;therefore, I have set my face like a flint,and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8. He who vindicates me is near;who will contend with me?Let us stand up to each other.Who is my adversary?Let him come near to me.
9. Certainly the Lord God will help me;who is he who condemns me?Indeed they all shall grow old as a garment;the moth shall eat them up.