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

“Surely now you count my steps; ²  then you would not mark ³  my sin. ⁴ 

You keep track of my misery. ¹  Put my tears in your leather container! ²  Are they not recorded in your scroll? ³ 

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; ¹  those who complain will acquire insight. ² 

Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ¹  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ²  among all the thousands of Judah.”

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ¹  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

He made the moon to mark the months, ¹  and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. ² 

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

I remember your ancient regulations, ¹  O Lord, and console myself. ² 

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, ¹  which violates your law. ² 

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ¹  sins, O Lord, who could stand before you? ² 

a heart that devises wicked plans, ¹  feet that are swift to run ²  to evil,

Righteousness ¹  guards the one who lives with integrity, ²  but wickedness ³  overthrows the sinner.

Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard ¹  that we have already attained. ² 

¹ “‘If you ²  sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –

He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

“Teach ¹  me and I, for my part, ²  will be silent; explain to me ³  how I have been mistaken. ⁴ 

But even if it were ¹  true that I have erred, ²  my error ³  remains solely my concern!

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

The Lord watches over the innocent day by day ¹  and they possess a permanent inheritance. ²