23. They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. [Isa. 33:2.]
24. The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. [Num. 18:20.]
25. The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word].
26. It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.
27. It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke [of divine disciplinary dealings] in his youth.
28. Let him sit alone uncomplaining and keeping silent [in hope], because [God] has laid [the yoke] upon him [for his benefit]. [Rom. 8:28.]
29. Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]–there may yet be hope. [Mic. 7:17.]
30. Let him give his cheek to the One Who smites him [even through His human agents]; let him be filled [full] with [men's] reproach [in meekness].
31. For the Lord will not cast off forever! [Ps. 94:14.]
32. But though He causes grief, yet will He be moved to compassion according to the multitude of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.
33. For He does not willingly and from His heart afflict or grieve the children of men. [Ezek. 18:23, 32; Hos. 11:8; Heb. 12:5-10; II Pet. 3:9.]
34. To trample and crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
35. To turn aside and deprive a man of his rights before the face of the Most High or a superior [acting as God's representative],
36. To subvert a man in his cause–[of these things] the Lord does not approve.
37. Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it?
38. Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]?