¹⁴ But you do see, for you ^(A)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless ^(B)commits himself;
    you have been ^(C)the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁸ The Lord is near to ^(A)the brokenhearted
    and saves ^(B)the crushed in spirit.

139 O Lord, you have ^(A)searched me and known me!
² You ^(B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you ^(C)discern my thoughts from afar.
³ You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.

¹¹ Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
    how much more ^(A)the hearts of the children of man!