⁶ Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

²³ For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

² He who walks blamelessly does what is right, And speaks truth in his heart;

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you.

¹ > Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

¹¹ An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

¹² The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.