² When pride comes, then comes disgrace,^(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.^(B)

³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.^(C)

⁴ Wealth^(D) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(E)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(F)

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(G)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(H)

⁶ The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(I)

⁷ Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(J)
    all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(K)

⁸ The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.^(L)

⁹ With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(M)

¹⁰ When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;^(N)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.^(O)

¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,^(P)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.^(Q)