⁸ The way of the guilty is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is right.

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

¹⁵ When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    but dismay to evildoers.

¹⁸ The wicked is a ransom for the righteous
    and the faithless for the upright.^(A)