² Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
³ Yahweh will not cause a righteous person^[a] to go hungry,
    but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

⁹ Whoever walks in integrity^[a] will walk securely,
    but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

¹⁶ The wage of the righteous leads to life;
    the gain of the wicked to sin.

²⁴ The dread of the wicked will come upon him,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
²⁵ With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,
    but the righteous have a foundation forever.

²⁷ The fear of Yahweh adds life,
    but the years of the wicked are shortened.
²⁸ The hope of the righteous is gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
²⁹ A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh,
    but ruin belongs to evildoers.^[a]
30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed.
    But the wicked will not remain in the land.^[b]