The integrityof the uprightwill guidethem, But the crookednessof the treacherouswill destroythem.
Let integrityand uprightnesspreserveme, For I waitfor You.
Vindicateme, O LORD,for I have walkedin my integrity,And I have trustedin the LORDwithoutwavering.
The righteousnessof the blamelesswill smoothhis way,But the wickedwill fallby his own wickedness.
Righteousnessguardsthe one whose wayis blameless,But wickednesssubvertsthe sinner.
The foolishnessof manruinshis way,And his heartragesagainstthe LORD.
But the wickedwill be cutofffrom the landAnd the treacherouswill be uprootedfrom it.
The violenceof the wickedwill dragthem away,Becausethey refuseto actwith justice.
The eyesof the LORDpreserveknowledge,But He overthrowsthe wordsof the treacherousman.
He who walksblamelesslywill be delivered,But he who is crookedwill fallallat once.
Do not be excessivelywickedand do not be a fool.Whyshould you diebeforeyour time?
But transgressorsand sinnerswill be crushedtogether,And those who forsakethe LORDwill cometo an end.
They killedthe kingsof Midianalongwith the [rest of] their slain:Eviand Rekemand Zurand Hurand Reba,the fivekingsof Midian;they also killedBalaamthe sonof Beorwith the sword.
"Ifanyoneis willingto doHis will,he will knowof the teaching,whetherit is of Godor[whether] I speakfrom Myself.
