38. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly and suffers not their cattle to decrease.
39. Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40. He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41. Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock.
42. The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43. Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the Lord?