¹⁶ And so at last the poor have hope,
    and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.

⁴² The godly will see these things and be glad,
    while the wicked are struck silent.

¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God.
    All who swear to tell the truth will praise him,
    while liars will be silenced.

⁸ He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world in order.

⁹ “He will protect his faithful ones,
    but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.

“The Lord has built Jerusalem^[a];
    its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”

¹⁸ But the needy will not be ignored forever;
    the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.