should be included. The point James makes is that one ought not to complain or strike out, one ought not even to bear it with quiet resignation as the Stoics advised, but rather one should pray, i.e. act as the pious Hebrew did in the Psalms (e.g. Pss. 30; 50:15; 91:15; Pss. Sol. 15:1); one should cry out to God and trust in him to redress the wrong and correct the evil. God is one who can be trusted “in the dark.” On the other hand, if one is in good spirits, i.e. joyful or of good courage even