"For the enemy pursues my soul..." and so Israel said: when we are afflicted with troubles, what is good for us? Only to be tested and scrutinized. As it is said: "For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us like silver." (Psalm 66:10) These are the ways in which humanity is elevated. But after all of this, there is the judgment. God said to them: "You have endured so much, from now on do not be afraid." As it is said: "Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more." (Nahum 1:12)