²⁴ Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat^(A) over me.

¹⁹ Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies^(A) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason^(B)
    maliciously wink the eye.^(C)

⁸     Let the Lord judge^(A) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(B)
    according to my integrity,^(C) O Most High.^(D)

²² “He committed no sin,^(A)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”^[a](B)

²⁰ The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;^(A)
    according to the cleanness of my hands^(B) he has rewarded me.^(C)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;^(D)
    I am not guilty of turning^(E) from my God.
²² All his laws are before me;^(F)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
²³ I have been blameless^(G) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
²⁴ The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,^(H)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

⁵ that the mirth of the wicked^(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(B) lasts but a moment.^(C)