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

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

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13 (A)The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
(B)But the righteous will come through trouble.

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16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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16 (A)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [a]his own crown.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

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17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(A)
    all the nations that forget God.(B)

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17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the [a]nations (A)that forget God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:17 Gentiles