11 ^aDeliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. ‡

12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not ^aHe who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man ^baccording to his deeds? ‡

15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;

16 ^aFor a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
^bBut the wicked shall fall by calamity. ‡