Бывало, улыбнусь им — они не верят; и света лица моего они не помрачали.
When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.a
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.
“I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
When they were discouraged, I smiled at them. My look of approval was precious to them.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.