³Trust in the Lord, and do good;
   so you will live in the land, and enjoy security.
⁴Take delight in the Lord,
   and he will give you the desires of your heart.

¹⁸The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
   and their heritage will abide for ever;
²⁸For the Lord loves justice;
   he will not forsake his faithful ones.

The righteous shall be kept safe for ever,
   but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land,
   and live in it for ever.

³⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
   he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰The Lord helps them and rescues them;
   he rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
   because they take refuge in him.