³ No one finds security by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will never be moved.^(A)

²⁵ When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
    but the righteous are established forever.^(A)

¹² The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness,^[a]
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
    which cannot be moved but abides forever.^(A)
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
    so the Lord surrounds his people
    from this time on and forevermore.^(B)

¹⁶ Though they heap up silver like dust
    and pile up clothing like clay,^(A)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.^(B)
18 They build their houses like nests,
    like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.

⁵ who do not lend money at interest
    and do not take a bribe against the innocent.

⁵ that the exulting of the wicked is short
    and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?^(A)
6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens
    and their head reaches to the clouds,^(B)
7 they will perish forever like their own dung;
    those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?’
⁸ They will fly away like a dream and not be found;
    they will be chased away like a vision of the night.^(C)
9 The eye that saw them will see them no more,
    nor will their place behold them any longer.^(D)