²⁰ “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless^(A)
    or strengthen the hands of evildoers.^(B)

²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(A)
    for the Lord upholds^(B) him with his hand.

⁷ “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?^(A)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?^(B)

³⁷ Consider the blameless,^(A) observe the upright;^(B)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.^[a](C)

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,^(A)
    to Cyrus,^(B) whose right hand I take hold^(C) of
to subdue nations^(D) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:

¹⁴ For the Lord will not reject his people;^(A)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.

³⁰ that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,^(A)
    that they are delivered from^[a] the day of wrath?^(B)

²² It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’^(A)