Righteousnessguardsthe one whose wayis blameless,But wickednesssubvertsthe sinner.
The integrityof the uprightwill guidethem, But the crookednessof the treacherouswill destroythem.
The righteousoneconsidersthe houseof the wicked,Turningthe wickedto ruin.
"May a slanderernot be establishedin the earth;May evilhuntthe violentmanspeedily."
Vindicateme, O LORD,for I have walkedin my integrity,And I have trustedin the LORDwithoutwavering.
Let integrityand uprightnesspreserveme, For I waitfor You.
He who walkswith integrity,and worksrighteousness,And speakstruthin his heart.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
For he sacrificedto the godsof Damascuswhich had defeatedhim, and said,"Becausethe godsof the kingsof Aramhelpedthem, I will sacrificeto them that they may helpme." But they becamethe downfallof him and allIsrael.
Aleph. How blessedare those whose wayis blameless,Who walkin the lawof the LORD.
The wayof the LORDis a strongholdto the upright,But ruinto the workersof iniquity.
The perversein heartare an abominationto the LORD,But the blamelessin [their] walkare His delight.
Solomonsaid,"Ifhe is a worthyman,not one of his hairswill fallto the ground;but ifwickednessis foundin him, he will die."
Thiseventbecamesinto the houseof Jeroboam,even to blot[it] out and destroy[it] from offthe faceof the earth.
