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God’s Servant Depends on God

The Lord God gave me the ability to teach, so now I teach these sad people. Every morning he wakes me and teaches me like a student. The Lord God helps me learn, and I have not turned against him. I will not stop following him. I will let those people beat me and pull the hair from my beard. I will not hide my face when they say bad things to me and spit at me.

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The Sovereign Lord(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(E)
The Sovereign Lord(F) has opened my ears;(G)
    I have not been rebellious,(H)
    I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat(I) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;(J)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.(K)

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