⁶ Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.^(A)

³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.^(A)

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
⁶ The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.^(A)

¹ Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have walked in my integrity,
    and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.^(A)

²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.^(A)

¹² The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
    he casts the wicked down to ruin.^(A)

²² The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them,
    and they are caught in the coils of their sin.^(A)

¹¹ Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil speedily hunt down the violent!^(A)