Isaiah 50:5-7

50:5 The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; ¹ 

I have not rebelled,

I have not turned back.

50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked, ² 

my jaws to those who tore out my beard;

I did not hide my face

from insults and spitting.

50:7 But the sovereign Lord helps me,

so I am not humiliated.

For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; ³ 

I know I will not be put to shame.

[50:5]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “makes me obedient.” The text reads literally, “has opened for me an ear.”

[50:6]  ² tn Or perhaps, “who beat [me].”

[50:7]  ³ tn Heb “Therefore I set my face like flint.”