26. It is good to wait patientlyfor deliverance from the Lord.
27. It is good for a manto bear the yoke while he is young.י (Yod)
28. Let a person sit alone in silence,when the Lord is disciplining him.
29. Let him bury his face in the dust;perhaps there is hope.
30. Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him;let him have his fill of insults.כ (Kaf)
31. For the Lord will notreject us forever.
32. Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on usaccording to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
33. For he is not predisposed to afflictor to grieve people.ל (Lamed)
34. To crush underfootall the earth’s prisoners,
35. to deprive a person of his rightsin the presence of the Most High,
36. to defraud a person in a lawsuit – the Lord does not approve of such things!מ (Mem)
37. Whose command was ever fulfilledunless the Lord decreed it?
38. Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing?