^{7 Ref} and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

^{8 Ref} (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed `his' righteous soul from day to day with `their' lawless deeds):

^{9 Ref} the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;