² Good people obtain favor from the Lord,^(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.^(B)

³ No one can be established through wickedness,
    but the righteous cannot be uprooted.^(A)

⁷ The wicked are overthrown and are no more,^(A)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.^(B)

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

¹⁴ From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,^(A)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.^(B)

²¹ No harm overtakes the righteous,^(A)
    but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

²⁶ The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.^(A)

²⁸ In the way of righteousness there is life;^(A)
    along that path is immortality.

⁶ Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.^(A)