^18 (A)For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
^(B)The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

^2 (A)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.

⁶⁷ Before I was ^(A)afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.

⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, ^(A)that Your judgments are ^[a]right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.