4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples , That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word . He awakens Me morning by morning , He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple . 5 The Lord GOD has opened My ear ; And I was not disobedient Nor did I turn back . 6 I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard ; I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting . 7 For the Lord GOD helps Me, Therefore e , I am not disgraced ; Therefore e , I have set My face like flint , And I know that I will not be ashamed . 8 He who vindicates Me is near ; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other ; Who has a case e against Me? Let him draw near to Me. 9 Behold , the Lord GOD helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold , they will all wear out like a garment ; The moth will eat them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9
(Read Isaiah 50:4-9)
As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Jehovah. He was to declare the truths which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man spake; so the same Divine influence daily wakened him to pray, to preach the gospel, and to receive and deliver the whole will of the Father. The Father justified the Son when he accepted the satisfaction he made for the sin of man. Christ speaks in the name of all believers. Who dares to be an enemy to those unto whom he is a Friend? or who will contend with those whom he is an Advocate? Thus St. Paul applies it, Romans 8:33.