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

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless ^(A)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
^6 (B)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous ^(C)are taken captive by their lust.
⁷ When the wicked dies, his ^(D)hope will perish,
    and ^(E)the expectation of wealth^[a] perishes too.
^8 (F)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.

^10 (A)When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
¹¹ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but ^(B)by the mouth of the wicked ^(C)it is overthrown.

¹⁸ The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who ^(A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
¹⁹ Whoever is steadfast in righteousness ^(B)will live,
    but ^(C)he who pursues evil will die.

²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    ^(A)the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is ^(A)a tree of life,
    and whoever ^(B)captures souls is wise.
³¹ If ^(C)the righteous is repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!