Remember the word that you spoke to your servant, for it has given me hope. As Jeremiah said (Jeremiah 5:3), "O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent."

God said to him, "What do you think?" He replied, "You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent." "Your eyes look for truth," said the Lord.

"Where is that truth that Abraham believed in, as it is said (Genesis 15:6), "And he believed in the Lord?" Similarly, David said, "Remember the word that you spoke to your servant," that same word that was fulfilled for Abraham between the pieces, as it is said, "Remember the word that you spoke to your servant, for you have given me hope." I hope for what you promised Abraham (Genesis 22:17), "I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky."

That is why it says, "For you have given me hope." This is my consolation in my suffering, and I am comforted by what Moses said (Exodus 32:13), "I will give you all the land I promised to Abraham and his descendants forever." That is why it says, "Remember the word that you spoke to your servant." This is my consolation in my suffering, for your promise has given me life.

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I have not turned away from your law. What do the mockers say? They tell me, "The one who exiled you has not yet brought you back." And as it says (Lamentations 3:46), "They open wide their mouths at me, saying, 'Aha!

Aha! Look at us!'" They say among the nations, "They will never live in peace." That is why it says, "The arrogant mock me excessively."

Nevertheless, I have not turned away from your law. And they keep telling me, "Don't be like yesterday and don't keep the Sabbath, and don't read." But I am afraid of you, and I do not listen to them, for their words are like dry grass. Just as dry grass does not last, so their words do not last forever.

And as it says in the Scriptures (Isaiah 40:8), "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." Just as you endure forever, so do your words. As it says (Isaiah 40:8), "The word of our God will stand forever."