⁹ He will guard the feet^(A) of his faithful servants,^(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.^(C)

“It is not by strength^(D) that one prevails;

¹⁷ Unless the Lord had given me help,^(A)
    I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.^(B)

¹⁷ It is not the dead^(A) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;