No one can be established through wickedness,
    but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(A)

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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm(A) forever.(B)

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25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(A) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(B) and established in love,

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17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(A)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(B)
17 what he lays up(C) the righteous will wear,(D)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(E)
18 The house(F) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(G)
    like a hut(H) made by a watchman.

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16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)
Though the pride(D) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(E)
    and his head touches the clouds,(F)
he will perish forever,(G) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(H)
Like a dream(I) he flies away,(J) no more to be found,
    banished(K) like a vision of the night.(L)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(M)

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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

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rooted(A) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(B) and overflowing with thankfulness.

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Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

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12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(A)
    which cannot be shaken(B) but endures forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,(C)
    so the Lord surrounds(D) his people
    both now and forevermore.

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125 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

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who lends money to the poor without interest;(A)
    who does not accept a bribe(B) against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.(C)

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He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(A)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(B)

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29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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I myself have seen(A) a fool taking root,(B)
    but suddenly(C) his house was cursed.(D)
His children(E) are far from safety,(F)
    crushed in court(G) without a defender.(H)
The hungry consume his harvest,(I)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(A) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.

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33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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