The wayof the LORDis a strongholdto the upright,But ruinto the workersof iniquity.
"Is it not calamityto the unjustAnd disasterto those who workiniquity?
For the LORDknowsthe wayof the righteous,But the wayof the wickedwill perish.
Therethe doersof iniquityhave fallen;They have been thrustdownand cannotrise.
But the wickedwill perish;And the enemiesof the LORDwill be like the gloryof the pastures,They vanish--like smokethey vanishaway.
They gofrom strengthto strength,[Every one of them] appearsbeforeGodin Zion.
That when the wickedsproutedup likegrassAnd allwho didiniquityflourished,It [was only] that they might be destroyedforevermore.
When a wickedmandies,[his] expectationwill perish,And the hopeof strongmenperishes.
Righteousnessguardsthe one whose wayis blameless,But wickednesssubvertsthe sinner.
The exerciseof justiceis joyfor the righteous,But is terrorto the workersof iniquity.
Yet those who waitfor the LORDWill gainnewstrength;They will mountup [with] wingslike eagles,They will runand not gettired,They will walkand not becomeweary.
Whoeveris wise,let him understandthesethings;[Whoever] is discerning,let him knowthem. For the waysof the LORDare right,And the righteouswill walkin them, But transgressorswill stumblein them.
"And I will strengthenthem in the LORD,And in His namethey will walk,"declaresthe LORD.
I can doall thingsthroughHim who strengthensme.
