They were distressed because they had been confident; they came so far and were disappointed.
You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—all of you!
“He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is confidence in the unfaithful in time of trouble.
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a mirage of water that is undependable?
Adonai, You are the hope of Israel! All who forsake You will be ashamed. Those who depart from You will be written in the dirt, for they have forsaken Adonai, the fountain of living waters.
And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us.
just as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in Him shall not be put to shame.”