³ He is like ^(I)a tree
    planted by ^(J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its ^(K)leaf does not wither.
^(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
⁴ The wicked are not so,
    but are like ^(M)chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked ^(N)will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in ^(O)the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the Lord ^(P)knows ^(Q)the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

³ When I ^(A)look at your heavens, the work of your ^(B)fingers,
    the moon and the stars, ^(C)which you have set in place,
^4 (D)what is man that you are ^(E)mindful of him,
    and ^(F)the son of man that you ^(G)care for him?

⁵ Yet you have made him a little lower than ^(H)the heavenly beings^[a]
    and crowned him with ^(I)glory and honor.
⁶ You have given him ^(J)dominion over the works of your hands;
    ^(K)you have put all things under his feet,

³ For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
    through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵ I ^(H)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah