11. The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12. Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
13. That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15. But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17. Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18. When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.