19. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
20. Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?
21. The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22. But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23. He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.