^{2 Ref} Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

^{3 Ref} I clothe the heavens `with' blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

^{4 Ref} The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary `by' a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

^{5 Ref} The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

^{6 Ref} My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.

^{7 Ref} And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

^{8 Ref} Near `is' He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who `is' mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.

^{9 Ref} Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who `is' he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them.