Wait silently for G-d alone, my soul, etc.: After he said how great is the good of one who trusts in Hashem, that He is the Rock of his salvation, unlike one who trusts in man, he saw that a man might speak up and say: surely this is what makes people stumble, that they ask of Hashem and He does not answer them; therefore their heart moves them to trust in man. And this is because they do not know the thoughts of Hashem, and they also pay no heed to the burden of their guilt upon their shoulders, which holds back the salvation until they set right what they have made crooked. Therefore, to speak to their heart, he spoke as one speaking with his soul, and said, “Wait silently for G-d alone, my soul, etc.”; as if to say: Listen, daughter, and see; I will counsel you, I will teach you for your benefit. And it is this: from what I said to you, “wait silently, my soul,” for from Him is my salvation (Tehillim 62:2), there was room to understand that it is good for a man to pray to Hashem that He save him from his trouble, saying that surely Hashem will do what he asks, for He hears prayer, and to wait silently for Hashem, for from Him his salvation will come at once. But this is not the way where light dwells, Heaven forbid; for that is a test [of Hashem], and if He does not do what he asks, he will come to doubt, and be drawn to trust in man, Heaven forbid. Therefore take care, and do not do such a thing; rather, “wait silently for G-d alone, my soul”: that is, ask of Him nothing but what concerns you, my soul: that He forgive your guilt, and bring you near to merit, and the like. For from Him alone, of Himself, He will fulfill my hope, [the hope] of my body; for I will do what is His, and He will do what is mine.