18 Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
    and let not the greatness of (A)the ransom turn you aside.
19 Will your (B)cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
    or all the force of your strength?
20 Do not long for (C)the night,
    when peoples vanish (D)in their place.
21 Take care; (E)do not turn to iniquity,
    for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is (F)a teacher like him?
23 Who has (G)prescribed for him his way,
    or who can say, (H)‘You have done wrong’?

24 “Remember to (I)extol his work,
    of which men have (J)sung.

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