26. TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
27. TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
28. JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
29. JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
30. JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
31. CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever.
32. CAPH. For, if he has cast down, he will also have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies.
33. CAPH. For he has not humiliated from his heart, nor has he thrown aside the sons of men,
34. LAMED. as if to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
35. LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
36. LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
37. MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
38. MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
39. MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?
40. NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord.
41. NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens.
42. NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless.