³ You have ^(D)tried my heart, you have ^(E)visited me by ^(F)night,
    you have ^(G)tested me, and you will find nothing;
    I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
⁴ With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
    I have avoided the ways of the violent.
⁵ My steps have ^(H)held fast to your paths;
    my feet have not slipped.

⁶ I ^(I)call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
    ^(J)incline your ear to me; hear my words.
^7 (K)Wondrously show^[a] your steadfast love,
    O Savior of those who seek refuge
    from ^(L)their adversaries at your right hand.

⁸ Keep me as ^(M)the apple of your eye;
    hide me in ^(N)the shadow of your wings,
⁹ from the wicked who do me violence,
    my deadly enemies who ^(O)surround me.

^10 (P)They close their hearts to pity;
    with their mouths they ^(Q)speak arrogantly.
¹¹ They have now surrounded our ^(R)steps;
    they set their eyes to ^(S)cast us to the ground.
¹² He is like a lion eager to tear,
    as a young lion ^(T)lurking in ambush.

¹³ Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
    Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
¹⁴ from men by your hand, O Lord,
    from ^(U)men of the world whose ^(V)portion is in this life.^[b]
You fill their womb with treasure;^[c]
    they are satisfied with ^(W)children,
    and they leave their abundance to their infants.

¹⁵ As for me, I shall ^(X)behold your face in righteousness;
    when I ^(Y)awake, I shall be ^(Z)satisfied with your likeness.

² “Do you think this to be just?
    Do you say, ^(A)‘It is my right before God,’
³ that you ask, ^(B)‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
⁴ I will answer you
    and ^(C)your friends with you.
^5 (D)Look at the heavens, and see;
    and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
⁶ If you have sinned, ^(E)what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
^7 (F)If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
    Or what does he receive from your hand?
⁸ Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
    and your righteousness ^(G)a son of man.

⁹ “Because of the multitude of ^(H)oppressions people ^(I)cry out;
    they call for help because of the arm of ^(J)the mighty.^[a]
10 But none says, ‘Where is God my ^(K)Maker,
    who gives ^(L)songs in the night,
¹¹ who teaches us ^(M)more than the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
¹² There they ^(N)cry out, but he does not answer,
    because of the pride of evil men.
¹³ Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
    nor does the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴ How much less when you say that you ^(O)do not see him,
    that the case is before him, and you are ^(P)waiting for him!
¹⁵ And now, because ^(Q)his anger does not punish,
    and he does not take much note of transgression,^[b]
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
    he ^(R)multiplies words ^(S)without knowledge.”

^(Z)“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”^[b]