³ The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish,
    but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

²² The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and He adds no sorrow with it.

²⁴ The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

²⁵ As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more,
    but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

²⁸ The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is strength to the upright,
    but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

³⁰ The righteous will never be removed,
    but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.

³ The integrity of the upright will guide them,
    but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.

⁵ The righteousness of the upright will direct his way,
    but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
    but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
    and the hope of unjust men perishes.

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble,
    and the wicked comes in his place.

¹⁹ As righteousness tends to life,
    so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

²⁰ Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to the Lord,
    but such as are upright in their way are His delight.

²¹ Though be assured, the wicked will not be unpunished,
    but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good,
    but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good procures favor,
    but he who seeks mischief, it will come to him.