You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word. You are good and do good. You are good in this world and do good in the world to come. You were good to the fathers and do good to their children after them.
Therefore it is said, "You are good and do good." They multiply lies upon me, O arrogant ones, but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart. When they afflict me, they will be many and so on. They multiply lies upon me, O arrogant ones.
What does it mean "they multiply lies upon me"? It is said, "Come, let us deal wisely with him" (Exodus 1:10). I will keep your precepts with my whole heart. And when they afflict me, I will abound and so on.
They multiply lies upon me, O arrogant ones. What does it mean? It is said, "And he said, 'When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstool; if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live'" (Exodus 1:16), and the midwives feared God. And in that distress, I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.