They are disappointed because they were confident; They come there and are confused.
But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.
“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.
Why is my pain perpetual And my wound incurable, Which refuses to be healed? Will You surely be to me like an unreliable stream, As waters that fail?
O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. “Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord, The fountain of living waters.”
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
As it is written: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”