20. My nefesh hath them still in remembrance, and is downcast in me.
21. This I recall to my lev, therefore have I hope:
22. Because of the chasdei Hashem we are not consumed, for His rachamim fail not.
23. They are chadashim every boker; great is Thy faithfulness.
24. Hashem is my chelek, saith my nefesh; therefore in hope will I wait for Him.
25. Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, to the nefesh that seeketh Him.
26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the Teshu'at Hashem.
27. It is tov for a gever that he bear the ol (yoke) from his youth.
28. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
29. He putteth his mouth in the aphar; there may yet be tikvah.
30. He offereth his lekhi (cheek) to him that striketh him; he is filled full with reproach [Isa 50:6].
31. For Adonoi will not cast off l'olam (forever);
32. But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the rov chasadav (the multitude of His mercies).
33. For He doth not afflict willingly nor bring grief to Bnei Ish.
34. To crush under His feet kol asirei eretz (all the prisoners of the earth),
35. To turn aside the mishpat gever (the right of a man) before the face of Elyon,
36. To subvert a man in his cause, Adonoi approveth not.
37. Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when Adonoi commandeth it not?
38. Out of the mouth of Elyon proceedeth not hara'ot (the woe) and hatov (the good)?
39. Why doth an adam chai (any man alive) complain, a gever for the punishment of his sins?