⁶God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

¹Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

³For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

¹⁰All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

⁷A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

⁸Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

⁵As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

²⁵As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

²⁹The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

³⁰The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

³²The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

³The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

⁵The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

⁸The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

¹⁰When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

¹¹By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

¹⁸The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

¹⁹As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

²⁰They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

²³The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

³¹Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

³A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

²¹There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

²⁶The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

⁶Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

¹³Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

¹⁷A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.