28. The hope of the righteous is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
29. A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin belongs to evildoers.
30. The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.
31. The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
32. The lips of the righteous know the acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.