⁹ Yet the righteous holds to his way,
    and he who has ^(A)clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

¹⁸ But ^(A)the path of the righteous is like ^(B)the light of dawn,
    which shines ^(C)brighter and brighter until ^(D)full day.

¹⁵ When you ^(A)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
^(B)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    ^(C)your hands are full of blood.
^16 (D)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(E)cease to do evil,

^16 (A)One who is wise is cautious^[a] and ^(B)turns away from evil,
    but a fool is reckless and careless.

³⁰ He ^(A)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
    who will be delivered through ^(B)the cleanness of your hands.”

²⁹ He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
³⁰ Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
³¹ but ^(A)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings ^(B)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

¹¹ For the Lord God is ^(A)a sun and ^(B)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
^(C)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who ^(D)walk uprightly.

⁷ They go ^(A)from strength to strength;
    each one ^(B)appears before God in Zion.