14. I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15. He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
16. He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
17. I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18. So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
19. I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
20. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
21. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
22. Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
25. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
26. it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
27. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
28. Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him.
29. Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
30. Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.