²⁷ The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord prolongs one’s days, but the years of the wicked shall be made short.

²⁸ The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.

³⁰ The [consistently] righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth [eventually].^(A)

³¹ The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree].

³² The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary.