hope in him. The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. That he sit alone and keep silence, because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. Nevertheless the LORD will not cast off