³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.^(A)

²⁶ Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
    are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

¹⁸ The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,^(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall^(B) into the pit.^[a]