²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(A)

³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.^(A)

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

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

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