21 You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You conceal them in your tent, away from the strife of tongues. [AJ]

22 Blessed be the Lord, marvelously he showed to me his mercy in a fortified city.

23 Though I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your eyes." [AK] Yet you heard my voice, my cry for mercy, when I pleaded with you for help.