²⁸ A ·good [righteous] person can look forward to happiness,
but ·an evil person can expect nothing [^Lthe hope of an evil person will perish].

³⁰ ·Good [Righteous] people will ·always be safe [^Lnever be shaken],
but evil people will not ·remain [dwell] in the land.

⁵ The ·goodness [righteousness] of the innocent makes ·life easier [^Ltheir path straight],
but the wicked will ·be destroyed [^Lfall] by their wickedness.

⁷ When the wicked die, hope ·dies with them [perishes];
their hope in riches ·will come to nothing [perishes].

⁸ The ·good [righteous] person is saved from ·trouble [distress];
it comes to the wicked instead.

¹⁰ When ·good [righteous] people ·succeed [flourish], the city is happy.
When evil people ·die [perish], there are shouts of joy.

¹¹ ·Good [Righteous] people bless and build up their city,
but the wicked can ·destroy [demolish] it with their ·words [^Lmouth].

¹⁸ An evil person ·really earns nothing [gets false/deceptive wages],
but a ·good [righteous] person will surely be rewarded.

²¹ Evil people will certainly be punished,
but ·those who do right [^Lthe children of the righteous] will be set free.

²³ Those who do right only wish for good,
but the wicked can ·expect to be defeated by God’s [^Lhope only for] anger.