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

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

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

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.