⁴ I ^(C)sought the Lord, and He heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
^7 (D)The ^[a]angel of the Lord ^(E)encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

⁸ Oh, ^(F)taste and see that the Lord is good;
^(G)Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
⁹ Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no ^[b]want to those who fear Him.
¹⁰ The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
^(H)But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me;
^(I)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
^12 (J)Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking ^(K)deceit.
^14 (L)Depart from evil and do good;
^(M)Seek peace and pursue it.

^15 (N)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
^16 (O)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
^(P)To ^[c]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and ^(Q)the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
^18 (R)The Lord is near ^(S)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as ^[d]have a contrite spirit.

^19 (T)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
^(U)But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He guards all his bones;
^(V)Not one of them is broken.
^21 (W)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be ^[e]condemned.
²² The Lord ^(X)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
^2 (A)Hear, O you mountains, ^(B)the Lord’s complaint,
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For ^(C)the Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will ^[a]contend with Israel.

³ “O My people, what ^(D)have I done to you?
And how have I ^(E)wearied you?
Testify against Me.
^4 (F)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
⁵ O My people, remember now
What ^(G)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From ^[b]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know ^(H)the righteousness of the Lord.”

⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
^7 (I)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand ^(J)rivers of oil?
^(K)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
^[c]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸ He has ^(L)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But ^(M)to do justly,
To love ^[d]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
¹⁰ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
¹¹ Shall I count pure those with ^(N)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
¹² For her rich men are full of ^(O)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And ^(P)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

¹³ “Therefore I will also ^(Q)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
^14 (R)You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
^[e]Hunger shall be in your midst.
You may carry some away,^[f] but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.

¹⁵ “You shall ^(S)sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
¹⁶ For the statutes of ^(T)Omri are ^(U)kept;
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a ^[g]desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the ^(V)reproach of ^[h]My people.”