³ O Lord my God, if I have done this,
    if there is wrong in my hands,

⁹ O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    but establish thou the righteous,
thou who triest the minds and hearts,
    thou righteous God.
¹⁰ My shield is with God,
    who saves the upright in heart.

¹² If a man^[a] does not repent, God^[b] will whet his sword;
    he has bent and strung his bow;