15. even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.
16. Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
17. Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.
18. If ever I said, "My foot is slipping," then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
19. According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.
20. Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?
21. They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.
22. And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.
23. And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.