17. Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
18. Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.
19. Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.
20. Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
21. Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.
22. Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.
23. Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.
24. Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.
25. Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26. Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
27. Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.
28. Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
29. Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
30. Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.
31. Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
32. Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.
33. Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.
34. Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
35. Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,
36. Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.