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.
37. Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38. Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?
39. Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?
40. Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.
41. Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.
42. Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.
43. Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.
44. Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.
45. Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.
46. Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47. Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.
48. Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.