⁴ The Lord God gave me the ·ability to teach [^Ltongue of a student/learned one]
    so that I know what to say to make the ·weak [weary] strong.
Every morning he wakes me.
    He ·teaches me [^Lawakens my ear] to listen like a student [^Cthis passage (50:4–11) is the third of four “servant songs” in Isaiah; see 42:1].
⁵ The Lord God ·helps me learn [or speaks clearly to me; ^Lhas opened my ear],
    and I have not ·turned against him [rebelled]
    nor ·stopped following him [turned away/back].
⁶ I offered my back to those who beat me.
    I offered my cheeks to those who ·pulled [ripped out] my beard.
I ·won’t [or did not] hide my face from them
    when they ·make fun of [mocked; insulted; shamed] me and spit at me [53:5; Matt. 26:67; 27:26; Mark 15:19; Luke 22:63].