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Those who do right are pulled from trouble;
    it falls on wrongdoers instead who are left to sink in their own problems.
The words of the godless ruin those close to them,
    but through insight the right-living are spared.
10 When prosperity comes to those who do right, the whole city celebrates;
    but when the wicked get their just punishment, there is joyous cheering.

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The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(A)

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.(B)

10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;(C)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.(D)

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