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

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(B)

⁶ The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(C)

⁷ Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(D)
    all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(E)

⁸ The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.^(F)

¹⁰ When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;^(A)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.^(B)

¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,^(C)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.^(D)

¹⁸ A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.^(A)

¹⁹ Truly the righteous attain life,^(B)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.^(C)

²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,^(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

³¹ If the righteous receive their due^(B) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!