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?
39. Why should any living person complainwhen punished for his sins?נ (Nun)
40. Let us carefully examine our ways,and let us return to the Lord.
41. Let us lift up our hearts and our handsto God in heaven:
42. “We have blatantly rebelled;you have not forgiven.”ס (Samek)
43. You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us;you killed without mercy.
44. You shrouded yourself with a cloudso that no prayer can get through.