^28 (A)The hope of the righteous brings joy,
    ^(B)but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

^30 (A)The righteous will never be removed,
    but ^(B)the wicked will not dwell in the land.

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless ^(A)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

⁷ When the wicked dies, his ^(A)hope will perish,
    and ^(B)the expectation of wealth^[a] perishes too.

^8 (A)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.