¹⁸ The path of the righteous^(A) is like the morning sun,^(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.^(C)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;^(D)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.^(E)

⁷ Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous^(A) will your future be.^(B)

“‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law^(A)—
³⁶     a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’^[a](B)

⁷ They go from strength to strength,^(A)
    till each appears^(B) before God in Zion.^(C)

⁹ Nevertheless, the righteous^(A) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands^(B) will grow stronger.^(C)