7 And the Lord GOD will help ‘me; therefore I am not confounded ; therefore have I set my face like a ﬂint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

8 Near is he that justiﬁeth me: who will contend with me? let us stand forth together ; who is the master of my judgment? let him come near to me.

9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? 10, they all shall wear out like a garment; the moth shall eat them.

10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that hearkeneth‘ to the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Loan, and lean ἶ upon his God.

2. ‘utterly shortened,’ Heb. repeats verb. ‘1 will dry up ": or. ‘1 dry up...I make, (3) I clothe.’ Some render, ‘ I can dry up,’ c.8. i.e. ‘sheweth me righteous.’ ‘the master,’ c. meaning apparently, ‘ mine adversary.

11 Behold, all ye that kindle a ﬁre, that gird yourselves with ﬁrebrands; walk amid the light of your ﬁre, and amid the brands that ye have kindled. From my hand is this for you; ye shall lie down in pain.

LI. 1 Hearken to me, ye that pursue righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.