² For day after day they seek^(A) me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken^(B) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near^(C) them.

³ Seek^(A) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,^(B) seek humility;^(C)
    perhaps you will be sheltered^(D)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.