Catholic Public Domain Version
"I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me. "
— Isaiah 50:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. ”
“I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.”
“I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.”
“I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.”
“I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.”
“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
I will clothe the heavens in darkness, and I will make sackcloth their covering.
The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.
The Lord God has opened my ear. And I do not contradict him. I have not turned back.
I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.
The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.
He who justifies me is near. Who will speak against me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him approach me.
Behold, the Lord God is my helper. Who is the one who would condemn me? Behold, they will all be worn away like a garment; the moth will devour them.