25. יהוה is good to those waiting for Him, To the being who seeks Him.
26. It is good – both to wait and to be silent, For the deliverance of יהוה.
27. It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth.
28. Let him sit alone and be silent, Because He has laid it on him.
29. Let him put his mouth in the dust, There might yet be expectancy.
30. Let him give his cheek To the one who smites him – He is filled with reproach.
31. For יהוה does not cast off forever.
32. For though He afflicted, Yet He shall show compassion According to the greatness of His kindnesses.
33. For He has not afflicted from His heart, Nor does He grieve the children of men.
34. To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the earth,
35. To turn aside the right-ruling of man Before the face of the Most High,
36. Or wrong a man in his cause – This יהוה does not approve.
37. Who was it that spoke, And it came to be! Has יהוה not commanded it?
38. Do not the evils and the good Come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39. What? Should mankind complain, A living man, because of his sins?
40. Let us search and examine our ways, And turn back to יהוה.
41. Let us lift our hearts and hands To Ěl in the heavens and say:
42. We, we have transgressed and rebelled. You, You have not forgiven.
43. You have wrapped Yourself With displeasure and pursued us. You have slain, You have not shown compassion.
44. You have wrapped Yourself With a cloud, so that prayer does not pass through.
45. You make us as scum and refuse In the midst of the peoples.