He Who Vindicates Me Is Near

Isaiah 50

⁴ The Lord GOD has given me
      the tongue of those who are taught,
   that I may know how to sustain with a word
      him who is weary.
   Morning by morning he awakens;
      he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
⁵ The Lord GOD has opened my ear,
      and I was not rebellious;
      I turned not backward.
⁶ I gave my back to those who strike,
      and my cheeks to those who pull out the
        beard;
   I hid not my face
      from disgrace and spitting.
⁷ But the Lord GOD helps me;
      therefore I have not been disgraced;
   therefore I have set my face like a flint,
      and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
⁸    He who vindicates me is near.
   Who will contend with me?
      Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary?
   Let him come near to me.
^9a Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;
      who will declare me guilty?

Isaiah 50:4-9a ESV