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19 ·I was very worried [L In my many disquieting thoughts in my insides],
    but you comforted me and ·made me happy [cheered me up].

20 ·Crooked leaders [L Ruinous thrones] cannot be your ·friends [allies].
    They use the ·law [statute; ordinance; requirement] to cause ·suffering [distress].
21 They ·join forces [band together] against ·people who do right [righteous people]
    and ·sentence [condemn] to death the innocent.

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19 When anxiety(A) was great within me,
    your consolation(B) brought me joy.

20 Can a corrupt throne(C) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?(D)
21 The wicked band together(E) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent(F) to death.(G)

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