¹⁵ The wicked are denied their light,^(A)
    and their upraised arm is broken.^(B)

¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked man;^(A)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁷ for the power of the wicked will be broken,^(A)
    but the Lord upholds^(B) the righteous.

⁵ “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;^(A)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.^(B)

¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;^(A)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.^(B)

¹⁸ He is driven from light into the realm of darkness^(A)
    and is banished^(B) from the world.^(C)

¹⁴ Darkness^(A) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(B)