5. “But now I will come,” says the Lord,“because the needy are oppressedand the persecuted groan in pain.I will give them the security they long for.”
6. The promises of the Lord can be trusted;they are as genuine as silverrefined seven times in the furnace.
7-8. The wicked are everywhere,and everyone praises what is evil.Keep us always safe, O Lord,and preserve us from such people.