¹⁶ Who will back me up when evildoers come against me?
    Who is willing to take my side against the wicked?
¹⁷ If the Eternal had not come to my rescue,
    my soul would have descended to the land where death silences every voice.
¹⁸ When I said, “My foot is slipping!”
    Your unfailing love, O Eternal One, held me up.