ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israel
in His burning anger
and withdrawn His right hand
in the presence of the enemy.
He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
that consumes everything.

I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

He has walled in my ways with cut stones;
He has made my paths crooked.

ט TetThe Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.

It is good to wait quietly
for deliverance from the Lord.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is still young.

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven:

שׂ SinSo rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
you resident of the land of Uz!
Yet the cup will pass to you as well;
you will get drunk and expose yourself.

We made a treaty with Egypt
and with Assyria, to get enough food.

The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.