²⁰ Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who `ever' perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

²² It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

³⁰ That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a `happy' end to the man of peace.

¹⁴ For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹ Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: