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)?