²⁸ The confident hope of the righteous is joy,
but the ambitions of the wicked will perish.

³⁰ A righteous person will never be toppled,^[a]
but wicked people will not dwell on earth.

⁵ The righteousness of honest people makes their way smooth,
but because of his wickedness a wicked person falls.

⁷ At the death of a wicked man, his hope will perish,
and his confidence in his strength^[a] perishes.

⁸ A righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and a wicked person takes his place.