If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
(If) thou faint in the day of adversity (narrowness), thy strength (is) small - Hebrew, narrow; the same root as "adversity." Thou needest to have a large, not a narrow, measure of spiritual strength to enable thee to bear up against the inching narrowness of adversity (cf. Jeremiah 12:5.) Even Job (Job 4:3-5) fainted in the day of adversity. If thy strength be small, go to Him who "giveth power to the faint," and who "increaseth strength to them that have no might" (Isaiah 40:29).