<p class="poetry">The evil person is ensnared<n id="1" /> by the transgression of his speech,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person hates anything false,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the belly of the wicked lacks food.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are evil will bow<n id="1" /> before those who are good,p> <p class="poetry">and the wicked will bow<n id="2" /> at the gates<n id="3" /> of the righteous.p>

<p class="poetry">In the house<n id="1" /> of the righteous is abundant wealth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the income of the wicked brings trouble.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The heart of the righteous considers<n id="1" /> how<n id="2" /> to answer,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">both of them are an abomination to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is terrible<n id="1" /> to show partiality<n id="2" /> to the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">by depriving<n id="4" /> a righteous man of justice.p>

<p class="poetry">The name of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> is like<n id="2" /> a strong tower;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the righteous person runs<n id="4" /> to it and is set safely on high.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The Righteous One<n id="1" /> considers<n id="2" /> the house<n id="3" /> of the wicked;p> <p class="poetry">he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not lie in wait like the wicked<n id="1" /> against the place where the righteous live;p> <p class="poetry">do not assault<n id="2" /> his home.p>

<p class="poetry">Although<n id="1" /> a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again,p> <p class="poetry">but the wicked will be brought down<n id="2" /> by calamity.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who says to the guilty,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You are innocent,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce<n id="3" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">Like a muddied<n id="1" /> spring and a polluted<n id="2" /> well,p> <p class="poetry">so is a righteous person who gives way<n id="3" /> before the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous person cares for<n id="1" /> the legal rights<n id="2" /> of the poor;p> <p class="poetry">the wicked does not understand such<n id="3" /> knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">Tell the innocent<n id="1" /> it will go well with them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for they will be rewarded for what they have done.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">one that remains trustworthy.p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">The way of the righteous is level,p> <p class="poetry">the path of the righteous that you make is straight.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can spoils be taken from a warrior,p> <p class="poetry">or captives be rescued from a conqueror?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,