- Reading I Isaiah 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue,That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear;And I have not rebelled, have not turned back.I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced;I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.He is near who upholds […]
