Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me.
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
“Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.