Reasons for the resignation urged in the previous triplet.

For the Lord ... —The counsels of submission are followed by the grounds of hope. The first, a quotation from Psalm 77:7, had been previou…

He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it upon him. He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. He gives his chee…

It is certain that there will be no patience unless there is hope, as has already been shown. Therefore, as patience cherishes hope, so hope is the…

For the Lord will not cast off for ever .

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…

Here he shows the divine mercy regarding the relaxation of punishment.

First, he presents the release from punishments: the Lord will …