11. The Lord knows thatpeoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.
12. How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord,the one whom you teach from your law,
13. in order to protect him from times of trouble,until the wicked are destroyed.
14. Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people;he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.
15. For justice will prevail,and all the morally upright will be vindicated.
16. Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked?Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?