11. The Lord knows the thoughts of man,that they are futile.
12. Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Lord,and teach out of your Torah;
13. that you may give him rest from the days of adversity,until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14. For the Lord won’t reject his people,neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15. For judgement will return to righteousness.All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16. Who will rise up for me against the wicked?Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17. Unless the Lord had been my help,my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18. When I said, “My foot is slipping!”Your loving kindness, Lord, held me up.
19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me,your comforts delight my soul.
20. Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,which brings about mischief by statute?
21. They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,and condemn the innocent blood.
22. But the Lord has been my high tower,my God, the rock of my refuge.
23. He has brought on them their own iniquity,and will cut them off in their own wickedness.The Lord, our God, will cut them off.