⁸ Pay attention, you ^(M)stupid ones among the people;
And when will you understand, ^(N)foolish ones?
⁹ He who ^(O)planted the ear, ^[e]does He not hear?
Or He who formed the eye, ^[f]does He not see?
¹⁰ He who ^[g](P)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,
He who ^(Q)teaches mankind knowledge?
¹¹ The Lord ^(R)knows human thoughts,
^[h]That they are mere breath.

¹² Blessed is the man whom ^(S)You discipline, ^[i]Lord,
And ^(T)whom You teach from Your Law,
¹³ So that You may grant him ^(U)relief from the ^(V)days of adversity,
Until ^(W)a pit is dug for the wicked.
¹⁴ For ^(X)the Lord will not abandon His people,
Nor will He ^(Y)abandon His inheritance.
¹⁵ For ^[j](Z)judgment ^[k]will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart ^[l]will follow it.
¹⁶ Who will ^(AA)stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me ^(AB)against those who do injustice?

¹⁷ If ^(AC)the Lord had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
¹⁸ If I should say, “^(AD)My foot has slipped,”
Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
¹⁹ When my anxious thoughts ^[m]multiply within me,
Your ^(AE)comfort delights my soul.
²⁰ Can a ^[n](AF)throne of destruction be allied with You,
One ^(AG)which devises ^[o]mischief by decree?
²¹ They ^(AH)band themselves together against the ^[p]life of the righteous
And ^(AI)condemn ^[q]the innocent to death.
²² But the Lord has been my ^(AJ)refuge,
And my God the ^(AK)rock of my refuge.
²³ He has ^(AL)brought back their injustice upon them,
And He will ^[r](AM)destroy them in their evil;
The Lord our God will ^[s]destroy them.