¹⁸ The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,^(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall^(B) into the pit.^[a]

⁹ Whoever walks in integrity^(A) walks securely,^(B)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.^(C)

⁶ Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.^(A)

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

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

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

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