For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded. Sample of His not being "discouraged" (Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 49:5).
Therefore have I set my face like a flint - I have set myself resolutely not to be daunted from my work of love by shame or suffering (Ezekiel 3:8-9: cf. Luke 9:51). [kai autos to prosoopon autou esteerixe.]