The king said, “Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

And that God would be willing ¹  to crush me, that he would let loose ²  his hand and ³  kill me. ⁴ 

Nor is there an arbiter ¹  between us, who ²  might lay ³  his hand on us both, ⁴ 

If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Will your idle talk ¹  reduce people to silence, ²  and will no one rebuke ³  you when you mock? ⁴ 

I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s ¹  steps.

They attack me, now they surround me; ¹  they intend to throw me to the ground. ² 

But I ¹  am a worm, ²  not a man; ³  people insult me and despise me. ⁴ 

For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, ¹  and your loyalty continually motivates me. ² 

The law of their God controls their thinking; ¹  their ²  feet do not slip.

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me. ¹ 

Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. ¹ 

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

I stay away ¹  from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions. ² 

For her house ¹  sinks ²  down to death, and her paths lead ³  to the place of the departed spirits. ⁴ 

For the ways of a person ¹  are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord ²  weighs ³  all that person’s ⁴  paths.

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. ¹ 

Cush ¹  and Egypt had limitless strength; ²  Put and the Libyans ³  were among ⁴  her ⁵  allies. ⁶ 

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back. ¹