⁷ He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous (the upright in right standing with God); but He sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.

⁸ And if they are bound in fetters [of adversity] and held by cords of affliction,^(A)

⁹ Then He shows to them [the true character of] their deeds and their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and self-sufficiency].