⁷ Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
    preserving them forever from this lying generation,

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

⁸ The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
    both now and forever.

³ I, the Lord, will watch over it,
    watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.

²⁰ The Lord protects all those who love him,
    but he destroys the wicked.

⁴⁰ The Lord helps them,
    rescuing them from the wicked.
He saves them,
    and they find shelter in him.

²⁸ For the Lord loves justice,
    and he will never abandon the godly.

He will keep them safe forever,
    but the children of the wicked will die.

¹ Keep me safe, O God,
    for I have come to you for refuge.