¹² Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
    and ^(A)the Almighty will not pervert justice.

^3 (A)Does God pervert justice?
    Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

¹⁷ The Lord is ^(A)righteous in all his ways
    and ^(B)kind in all his works.

⁷ For the Lord is righteous;
he ^(A)loves righteous deeds;
    ^(B)the upright shall behold his face.

¹² Are you not ^(A)from everlasting,
    O Lord my God, my Holy One?
    ^(B)We shall not die.
O Lord, ^(C)you have ordained them as a judgment,
    and you, O ^(D)Rock, have established them for reproof.
¹³ You who are ^(E)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
^(F)why do you idly look at traitors
    and ^(G)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?