² But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

¹⁸ If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.

⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

⁸ You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

¹⁶ I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

¹⁵ As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

⁵ I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

²³ But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

²⁴ How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

¹³ But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

⁷ But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

⁴ As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

⁵ In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

⁷ And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

²³ And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.