¹⁸ Where ^(A)there is no prophetic vision the people ^(B)cast off restraint,^[a]
    but blessed is he who ^(C)keeps the law.

⁶ My people are destroyed ^(A)for lack of knowledge;
    ^(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you ^(C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    ^(D)I also will forget your children.

1 Blessed is the man^[a]
    who ^(A)walks not in ^(B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in ^(C)the way of sinners,
    nor ^(D)sits in ^(E)the seat of ^(F)scoffers;
² but his ^(G)delight is in the law^[b] of the Lord,
    and on his ^(H)law he meditates day and night.

¹⁶ Whoever ^(A)keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises his ways will die.

² Blessed are those who ^(A)keep his ^(B)testimonies,
    who ^(C)seek him with their whole heart,