¹⁶eHe has made my teeth grind on gravel,

and fmade me cower in ashes;

¹⁷my soul is bereft of peace;

I have forgotten what happiness1 is;

¹⁸gso I say, “My endurance has perished;

so has my hope from the Lord.”

¹⁹hRemember my affliction and my wanderings,

dthe wormwood and ithe gall!

²⁰My soul continually remembers it

jand is bowed down within me.

²¹But this I call to mind,

and ktherefore I have hope:

²²lThe steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;2

lhis mercies never come to an end;

²³they are new mevery morning;

ngreat is your faithfulness.

²⁴o“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

k“therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵The Lord is good to those who pwait for him,

to the soul who seeks him.

²⁶qIt is good that one should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

²⁷rIt is good for a man that he bear

the yoke sin his youth.

²⁸Let him tsit alone in silence

when it is laid on him;

²⁹ulet him put his mouth in the dust—

there may yet be hope;

³⁰vlet him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

³¹wFor the Lord will not

cast off forever,

³²but, though he xcause grief, yhe will have compassion

zaccording to the abundance of his steadfast love;

³³afor he does not afflict from his heart

or bgrieve the children of men.