⁷ I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;^(A)
    even at night^(B) my heart instructs me.

⁴ The Sovereign Lord^(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.^(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(E)

²⁴ You guide^(A) me with your counsel,^(B)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.

³ Though you probe my heart,^(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(D)

¹⁷ This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,^(A) the Holy One^(B) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches^(C) you what is best for you,
    who directs^(D) you in the way^(E) you should go.