¹⁵ Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to evildoers.^(A)

¹⁸ The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for^[a] the upright.^(A)

¹⁵ Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one,
at the camp of the righteous man;^(A)
don’t destroy his dwelling.
¹⁶ Though a righteous person falls seven times,
he will get up,^(B)
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.^(C)

28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,^(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.^(B)

¹² When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,^[a]
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide.^(A)

²⁸ When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.^(A)

² When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, people groan.^(A)

⁶ An evil person is caught by sin,^(A)
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.^(B)

⁷ The righteous person knows the rights^[a] of the poor,^(C)
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.