⁶ Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.^(A)

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

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

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

²¹ May integrity^(A) and uprightness^(B) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,^[a] is in you.^(C)

¹² The Righteous One^[a] takes note of the house of the wicked
    and brings the wicked to ruin.^(A)

¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.^(A)

² The one whose walk is blameless,^(A)
    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth^(B) from their heart;

²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;^(A)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.^(B)