<p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="1" /> the wicked cannot withstand<n id="2" /> judgment,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">So my heart rejoicesp> <p class="poetry">and I am happy;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My life is safe.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are the most handsome of all men!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason<n id="3" /> God grants you continual blessings.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">then the nations will praise you<n id="2" /> forever.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason we do not fear<n id="1" /> when the earth shakes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earthp> <p class="poetry">is worthy of your reputation, O God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You execute justice!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will sing praises to your name continually,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as I fulfill<n id="2" /> my vows day after day.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I hate all deceitful actions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has not done so with any other nation;p> <p class="poetry">they are not aware of his regulations.p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

<p class="poetry">Such<n id="1" /> are the ways<n id="2" /> of all who gain profit unjustly;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="4" /> takes away the life<n id="5" /> of those who obtain it!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;p> <p class="poetry">in an instant<n id="1" /> he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.p>

<p class="poetry">So it is with<n id="1" /> the one who has sex with<n id="2" /> his neighbor&#8217;s wife;p> <p class="poetry">no one<n id="3" /> who touches<n id="4" /> her will escape<n id="5" /> punishment.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Likewise, know<n id="1" /> that wisdom is sweet<n id="2" /> to your soul;p> <p class="poetry">if you find it,<n id="3" /> you will have a future,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and your hope will not be cut off.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not say, &#8220;I will do to him just as he has done to me;p> <p class="poetry">I will pay him back<n id="1" /> according to what he has done.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,p> <p class="poetry">so honor<n id="1" /> is not fitting for a fool.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow,p> <p class="poetry">so a curse without cause<n id="1" /> does not come to rest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so is a person<n id="1" /> who deceives his neighbor,p> <p class="poetry">and says, &#8220;Was I not only joking?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When a country is rebellious<n id="1" /> it has many princes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable<n id="3" /> order is maintained.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is the way<n id="1" /> of an adulterous<n id="2" /> woman:p> <p class="poetry">she eats and wipes her mouth<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and says, &#8220;I have not done wrong.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>