DEUT346 (Continued from [[DEUT569]] Deuteronomy 12:18 rejoice TZADIK 177). The trait of joy encompasses a positive commandment of acknowledging God's justice in all that befalls one, as it is written (Devarim 8:5): "And you shall know in your heart that just as a man chastises his son, so Hashem your God chastises you." If after one repents things do not go so well for him as they did before, it is a positive commitment for him to think in his heart that his adversity is for his good. For before he repented, the Holy One Blessed be He was rewarding him for the mitzvos he had done in order to bar him from the World-to-Come, as it is written [this verse]: "And He pays those that hate Him to his face to destroy him." And, corresponding to this treatment of those who hate Him, He pays those who love Him the punishment of their transgressions in this world so that they will be pure and clean for the next world. And all of this entails the trait of joy, one's being happy in the portion allotted him by the Blessed One. But the way by which a man may come to rejoice in his lot, accepting ill with joy as well as good – this way is divided into several areas: First, he requires trust in God. Second, belief. Third, intelligence. Fourth, contentment.