We are are now in Tehilim 119,42, וְאֶעֱנֶ֣ה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָ֑ר כִּֽי־בָ֝טַ֗חְתִּי בִּדְבָרֶֽךָ I will respond to those who disgrace me and insult me because I rely on Your word. The Midrash Tehilim on this pasuk asks, What do they say? The answer if found in another pasuk of tehilim 42,4 where David Hamelech says, הָיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כׇּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ My tears were my bread (that means) I was crying day and night. Why was I crying? Because they were taunting me. They tell me all day, Where's your God? “Come on David Hamelech, where's your God? You talk about relying on God all day and I don't see anything.” Hashem’s response is, “ Oh you're insulting David because of Me? Because he relies on Me? Don't worry. I will remove the disgrace.” This is an important principle. If you are relying on Hashem, flaunting it, and that causes people to disgrace you, Hashem says, it's My obligation to remove your disgrace . This is not just on a personal level, but on the global level as well, especially when Klal Yisrael is suffering through difficult times. The Midrash continues and beautifully says, “In the future (Yeshaya, 25,8) בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־פָּנִ֑ים Death will be swallowed up forever. (We say this at funerals) This is something that will happen in the future) And God will erase the tears. What tears? Simply it means the tears of death. But this Midrash explains it as the tears that David Hamelech had day and night because people were saying, ‘Where's your God?’ וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ And God will remove the disgrace of His nation . What disgrace? The disgrace of David Hamelech that our pasuk discusses when it says, I will answer those that disgrace me. כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר I will answer them . Don't worry. I'm going to have a lot of answers, when the time comes. What will I answer them? It’s the next pasuk in Yeshaya , which is another famous pasuk. I never realized they were back to back: וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זה It will be said on that day, that we, the Jewish people will say on that day, you see, that's our God . At the end of Masechet Taanit 31A the Gemara tells us that in the future, Hashem is going to make a circle of Sadikim around Him in Gan Eden . He is going to sit in the middle and everyone's going to point and say, הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינו זהּ This is my God. קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ וְיוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נוּ זֶ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ קִוִּ֣ינוּ ל֔וֹ נָגִ֥ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָ֖ה בִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ I hoped to Him and He brought salvation. This is Hashem that I hoped for. We're going to rejoice and be happy in His salvation. The Midrash asks, Who are we talking to when we say, “ This is our God?” To those wicked people who taunted us day and night saying Where is your God? To them, we will say, Here is our God. He's right here. Our rabbis tell us that we are going to go around and around in a circle and say the words Nagila V’Nismecha BYeshuatecha which is very similar to the words. Nagila V’Nismecha Bach/Bo which we say both in Tehilim and Shir Hashirim, and the Gaon of Vilna says that according to the Midrash, this refers to Simchat Torah , the ultimate happiness. We go around in a circle around God, point to Him and we say, “ See, that's my God. I hoped to Him. And He brought salvation. The pasuk initially says, Hineh Elohenu Zeh/This is my God , using the word Elohim, which is the God of judgment . Then it says, Zeh Hashem , This is Hashem , the God of mercy . In the future, We're going to realize that the God of judgment was the God of mercy. I hoped to Him and He brought me salvation. I hope to Him and He brought me simha. The tragedies in Eretz Yisrael happened on Simha Torah, the very day that causes the people to ask, Where is your God? We cry and we say Ayeh Elohecha , but we have to know that we're going to have an answer to those people that taunt us. Soon, in the future, we going to say, “ That's my God. I hoped to Him and He saved me.” That goes for the Jewish people at large and the individual as well. Have a wonderful day.