16. He has made me eat gravel,trampled me into the dust;
17. My life is deprived of peace,I have forgotten what happiness is;
18. My enduring hope, I said,has perished before the Lord.
19. The thought of my wretched homelessnessis wormwood and poison;
20. Remembering it over and over,my soul is downcast.
21. But this I will call to mind;therefore I will hope:
22. The Lord’s acts of mercy are not exhausted,his compassion is not spent;
23. They are renewed each morning—great is your faithfulness!
24. The Lord is my portion, I tell myself,therefore I will hope in him.
25. The Lord is good to those who trust in him,to the one that seeks him;
26. It is good to hope in silencefor the Lord’s deliverance.
27. It is good for a person, when young,to bear the yoke,