² The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.^(A)
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.^(B)

⁹ He keeps us alive^[a]
and does not allow our feet to slip.^(A)

¹ Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;^(A)
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.^(B)