The righteousnessof the blamelesswill smoothhis way,But the wickedwill fallby his own wickedness.
Now whenAhithophelsawthat his counselwas not followed,he saddled[his] donkeyand aroseand wentto his home,to his city,and sethis housein order,and strangledhimself; thus he diedand was buriedin the graveof his father.
"His vigorousstrideis shortened,And his own schemebringshim down.
But they liein waitfor their own blood;They ambushtheir own lives.
The integrityof the uprightwill guidethem, But the crookednessof the treacherouswill destroythem.
A manwill not be establishedby wickedness,But the rootof the righteouswill not be moved.
Righteousnessguardsthe one whose wayis blameless,But wickednesssubvertsthe sinner.
The wickedis thrustdownby his wrongdoing,But the righteoushasa refugewhen he dies.
The wayof the lazyis as a hedgeof thorns,But the pathof the uprightis a highway.
A wickedmandisplaysa boldface,But as for the upright,he makeshis waysure.
He who walksblamelesslywill be delivered,But he who is crookedwill fallallat once.
In allyour waysacknowledgeHim, And He will makeyour pathsstraight.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
The wayof the righteousis smooth;O UprightOne,makethe pathof the righteouslevel.
Moreover, the prideof Israeltestifiesagainsthim, And Israeland Ephraimstumblein their iniquity;Judahalsohas stumbledwith them.
Then the menof Israelturned,and the menof Benjaminwere terrified;for they sawthat disasterwas closeto them.
