15. For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17. Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence.
18. When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up.
19. In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!
20. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You–they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law?
21. They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22. But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.
23. And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.