⁷ and if he rescued Lot,^(A) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless^{(B) 8} (for that righteous man,^(C) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— ⁹ if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials^(D) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.^(E)