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

¹² At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,^(A)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,^(B)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,^(C)
    either good or bad.’^(D)

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

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

⁹ Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—^(A)
you, the righteous God^(B)
    who probes minds and hearts.^(C)