17. If the Lord had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18. If I should say, "My foot has slipped," Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
19. When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.
20. Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?
21. They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.
22. But the Lord has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23. He has brought back their wickedness upon them And will destroy them in their evil; The Lord our God will destroy them.