²⁷ The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.^(A)

¹⁹ Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.^(A)

¹¹ Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.^(A)

¹⁵ Those who walk righteously^(A)
    and speak what is right,^(B)
who reject gain from extortion^(C)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,^(D)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes^(E) against contemplating evil—
¹⁶ they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(F)
    whose refuge^(G) will be the mountain fortress.^(H)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(I) them.