¹⁵ Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
I could only beg my Judge for mercy.^(A)

⁷ Then an upright man could reason^(A) with him,
and I would escape from my Judge^[a](B) forever.

¹¹ God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.^(A)

⁶ The heavens proclaim his righteousness,^(A)
for God is the Judge.^(B)Selah

⁷ for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(A)

²² For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our Lawgiver,^(A)
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.^(B)