For in the day of my afflictions He hid me in His tabernacle; He sheltered me in the secret of His tabernacle; He set me up on a rock.

The ungodly walk around; according to Your greatness You have greatly exalted the sons of men.

For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.

Surely You have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings; You have cast them down when they were lifted up.

How have they become desolate! Suddenly they have failed; they have perished because of their iniquity.

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I may make my defense to You: yet I will speak to You [of] judgments. Why [is it] that the way of the ungodly prospers? [And] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?

Are You not from everlasting, O Lord God, my Holy One? And surely we shall not die. O Lord, You have established it for judgment, and He has formed me to chasten with His correction.