39. after they were few and crushed by oppression, calamity and sorrow.
40. He pours contempt on princes, making them wander in trackless waste.
41. But He lifts the needy high above affliction, and makes their families like a flock.
42. The upright see it and are glad, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
43. Who is wise? Let him observe these things, and consider Adonai’s lovingkindness.