² Their children^(A) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.

²¹ Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.^(A)

²³ They will not labor in vain,^(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(B)
for they will be a people blessed^(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(D) with them.