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30 The right-living will never have their land taken away,
    but wrongdoers will be uprooted.
31 Wisdom flows from the mouths of those who do right,
    but tongues that twist the truth will be cut out.
32 The lips of the right-living understand what is proper,
    but the mouths of wrongdoers twist and pervert the truth.

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30 The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.(A)

31 From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,(B)
    but a perverse tongue(C) will be silenced.

32 The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,(D)
    but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.(E)

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