16. Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? Or who will take a stand for Me against the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity)?
17. Unless Hashem had been my help, my nefesh had almost dwelt in dumah (silence).
18. When I said, My regel (foot) slippeth, Thy chesed, Hashem, held me up.
19. In the multitude of my anxieties within me Thy comforts delight my nefesh.
20. Shall the kisse of corruption have chavurah (fellowship) with Thee, those, which deviseth evil by a chok (statute)?
21. They band together against the nefesh of the tzaddik, and condemn dahm naki (innocent blood).
22. But Hashem is my stronghold; and Elohai is the Tzur of my refuge.
23. And He shall turn back upon them their own iniquity, and shall destroy them for their own wickedness; Hashem Eloheinu shall destroy them.