The Lord God has given me/ a well-trained tongue,/ that I might know how to speak to the weary/ a word that will rouse them./ Morning after morning/ he opens my ear that I may hear;/ and I have not rebelled,/ have not turned back./ I gave my back to those who beat me,/ my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;/ my face I did not shield/ from buffets and spitting.
Thus says the Lord God: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.
Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.
R/ (see 10d) The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.
Thus says the Lord God: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.
I hear the whisperings of many:/ “Terror on every side!/ Denounce!
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.
I hear the whisperings of many:/ “Terror on every side!/ Denounce!
