17. Unless Adonai had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18. If I say: “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, Adonai, will hold me up.
19. When my troubling thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations comfort my soul.
20. Can a throne of corruption be aligned with You—planning distress by decree?
21. They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22. But Adonai has been my fortress and my God the rock of my refuge.
23. He will repay them for their wickedness, and will annihilate them in their evil. Adonai our God will annihilate them.