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?
17. If the Lord had not helped me,I would have laid down in the silence of death.
18. If I say, “My foot is slipping,”your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
19. When worries threaten to overwhelm me,your soothing touch makes me happy.
20. Cruel rulers are not your allies,those who make oppressive laws.
21. They conspire against the blameless,and condemn to death the innocent.
22. But the Lord will protect me,and my God will shelter me.
23. He will pay them back for their sin.He will destroy them because of their evil;the Lord our God will destroy them.