^2 (A)Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
^(B)But righteousness delivers from death.
^3 (C)The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish,
But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

^9 (A)He who walks with integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will become known.

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous leads to ^(A)life,
The wages of the wicked to sin.

^27 (A)The fear of the Lord prolongs days,
But ^(B)the years of the wicked will be shortened.
²⁸ The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
But the ^(C)expectation of the wicked will perish.
²⁹ The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
But ^(D)destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

^30 (E)The righteous will never be removed,
But the wicked will not inhabit the ^[a]earth.