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    He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
        but He grants justice to those who are weak and humble.
    He does not divert His gaze from the righteous;
        He enthrones them with monarchs,
        lifts them up to positions of power forever.
    And if the people are restrained in chains,
        caught in the cords of their misery,

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He does not keep the wicked alive(A)
    but gives the afflicted their rights.(B)
He does not take his eyes off the righteous;(C)
    he enthrones them with kings(D)
    and exalts them forever.(E)
But if people are bound in chains,(F)
    held fast by cords of affliction,(G)

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